"R.A. Cantrell" wrote:
>
> Thanks for the response. To push the abstraction a bit further, let's say
> we're talking OS 8.1 and that it is on a computer bought and dragged in
> from a garage sale?
In real terms, I don't give it a second thought. I wipe
every acquired drive anyway -- after checking it for
cool software -- then install what I think it needs. I
work for advertisers and internet companies a lot and
when they find out that I have an interest in old
machines, they sometimes open the closet doors and say,
"take what you want." So operating systems are the
least of my licensing problems. Plus, I get stuff that
has all kinds of personal junk on it too but we've all
been through that. If the NYC police can be convinced
by some copyright holder to raid my apartment and take
down serial numbers from the software on an SE/30 or a
6100, then we're really in trouble.
William
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