On Saturday, Jan 18, 2003, at 03:59 Europe/London, zhmmy harper wrote: > Same all same, except people who sell their software are accepting > payment > for the license that rightfully belongs to the software producer. > Which is > more "honorable" or ethical? Probably doesn't matter anyway, but I do > understand that it would be better to not mention Limewire. Whoops, > did it > again.
No, the license belongs to the person who buys the software, and is know as the End User License Agreement, or EULA. This, in most if not all cases, can be legally transfered from one user to another fro a monetary sum at least one. As an example is is legal for an end user to transfer EULA license of Windows XP (just plucked that one out of the blue because it is one of the few EULAs I've read - I'm not trolling) to another user once. Therefore it is not illegal or frowned upon to sell genuine licensed copies of software to others for a fee equivalent to the software's intrinsic value. Duplicating and selling, or giving away, by physical, digital or paper means however violates the owners EULA, and is illegal. Limewire is a pit of filth that does nothing but spread the evil taint of piracy in music and software. It is the fault of networks like that that has prompted the ridiculous means people go to to protect their licenses. People make great news fodder of Microsoft's Product Activation, or the new copy protected CDs that stop them being ripped (as someone who has a massive library of completely legal MP3s from my vast CD collection I personally find that particular one very hard to swallow) but in reality it is the fault of the software pirate that these have come about. I'm no saint, I've done it before but now I am a working man I refuse to scab any longer. I had no option before, I do now. I will pay my way. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> Visit my Homepage: <http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson> Vintage Macs List Nanny "Never send a human to do a machine's job." -The Matrix -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
