On Sunday 24 November 2002 08:36, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote: > On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 01:41:03AM +0200, Tal Achituv wrote: > > I need to write an essay about "is it right or wrong to copy proprietary > > software" > > > > Can some of you please point me to good resources on the subject? > > It would seem to me that this is a clear cut case - indeed, "thou > shall not steal".
Needless to remind though that stealing pisses people off because they get deprived of something. If someone could just make a copy of my TV, I wouldn't mind (speaking hypothetically for I don't have a TV either way). So technically speaking, it is not stealing, more like depriving a software company from more or less probable sale. Which isn't the same. > > This month's Linux Journal (Dec. 2002) has a column by Lawrence Rosen > on "The Ethical System Administrator: What should you do when your > company asks you to make illegal copies of proprietary software?". -- "I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?" ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
