Ok, there are lots of threads within a thread here so let me summarise the arguments. Please feel free to comment if you do not agree.
It is a fact that Badru has a site on which he is distributing copyrighted material that does not belong to him and without the permission of the owners. It is a fact that taking something that does not belong to you without the permission of the owner is theft. Badru and others say that this is acceptable as there are other people who are also stealing from these people so he may as well join in. I do not agree with this. This is a Linux user group. Linux would not exist without copyright law. If people in the rest of the world do not respect copyright law, the software we all enjoy will disappear. It is not ok to portray this as the developing world against the developed world. Other developing countries including the rest of EAC are trying to respect the rights of copyright holders. Why can't Uganda. These are hard working creative artists and programmers that you are agreeing it is acceptable to steal from. This summarisesz my position I think. -- WebERP Africa Ltd +447710427049 +256752963327 +255784602561 www.weberpafrica.com _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
