"Alfred M. Szmidt" <a...@gnu.org> writes: > An ethical person won't misappropriate copyrighted software anyway. > No company rule is needed. > > An unethical person will ignore the copyright license if it's > convenient for him to do so, and he will likewise ignore the > company rule if it's convenient for him to do so. > > Ignoring a license that subjugates a users freedom is not unethical, > it is the only right thing to do. It may be illegal, but it is not > unethical or immoral to do so.
I disagree, since that ignores the author's desires. The ethical thing is not to touch the software at all. > If you ask me for a program that is useful to you, and the license > states that I cannot copy it to you, then I will still do so, since > that is what is right, that is the only ethical and moral decision. Why do you acquire software when you don't like its license? I know that I don't. Running into moral dilemmas open-eyed is stupid. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
