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* LUG meet on 12 Jan. 2003 @ VJTI
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On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 06:26:18AM -0500, Bhargav Bhatt wrote:
> > A criminal is a criminal no matter how many crimes he commits
>
> We can agree to disagree here, but the above statement is not
> entirely true IMO. That statement amounts to saying that one can compare a
> petty pickpocket with someone like say Bin Laden. The linux user who uses
> the occasional .gif is like pickpocket and the Windows user who uses
> almost all pirated non-free programs for free is like Bin Laden. Decide for
> yourself if these two are equivalent considering the crimes they are
> guilty of.
Even I would disagree with you here Bhargav.
Let me explain that.
Windows user using pirated windows software => criminal => crime is
using software
without license
Linux user using pirated linux apps => criminal => crime same as above
Osama bin Laden => criminal => crime is 9/11, murder, blah blah ...
Pickpocket => criminal => crime is picking a pocket
Legality status with reference to a specific crime is binary.
That I believe was what was meant.
ciao
Abhijeet More
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