[RTTY] Reply from Brian, K6STI

tgstewart@pepco.com tgstewart@pepco.com
Sun, 22 Sep 2002 11:11:15 -0400


Actually, you cant buy K6STI software and some others.  You buy a license 
to USE the software.  If you read the stuff that comes with a lot of 
software packages, you'll find that it states that it's a license to use 
the software and that it's not transferable.

Ty K3MM





Bill Turner <w7ti@dslextreme.com>
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09/21/2002 01:59 PM
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On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 11:49:17 -0400, Ed Tanton wrote:

>people who would never remotely 
>consider taking a penny on a tabletop that wasn't theirs, seem to think 
>nothing of software piracy. It totally escapes me.

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All my software is bought and paid for, but I understand the
point of the "pirates" too.  In their view, they are not taking
something, they are making a copy of something.

If you had a physical object - anything at all - and you went out
in your workshop and made a duplicate from scratch, leaving the
original intact, have you "stolen" something?  Most people would
say no.  Agree or not agree, that is how the pirates think.  It
seems to be one of those things like politics and religion where
everyone has their own belief and they're not about to change.
Anyway, that's my take on it.

73, Bill W7TI
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