At 4:17 PM -0400 8/22/01, ppp3 wrote:
>>That's the height of stupidity in so many ways.
>
>Let me see if I understand this. It's okay to download the update for
>free from Apple's servers, presumably all located in Cupertino, but
>it's not alright to download the software for free from the thousands
>of news servers located around the world.
It's not a matter of whether I think it's OK or not. The licensing
agreement that everyone agreed to when they downloaded the software
*specifically* says you can't share it with others.
Aple owns the software, Apple makes the rules.
>You'd have a heyday over on the swap list where people actually
>_sell_ the software.
And that's illegal. Anyone buying it is an idiot.
>You'd have a ball on the powerbook list where people have the
>software available on their ftp servers.
I am having a "ball" on that list with this same idiotic discussion.
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