On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 18:20, Michael Halcrow wrote:
Howdy folks,
Yet another mind-numbing article from our friends at the Daily Universe:
http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/45400
Here is my response. Let's see if it gets accepted. :-) <snip>
What bothered me most about the article was the implication that all
software for windows was free, whereas you had to pay for it on
Macintosh. To me this indicates that students think that if you can
download it on Kazaa then it must be legal and right. This whole idea
really bothered me. Linux further complicates things for this ignorant
people as the OS itself and most apps are legally freely available. Anyay, I think piracy awareness might be a good thing to push to our
friends and neighbors. I may hate MS, but I cannot condone downloading
packages off of kazaa.
I agree. For me Open Source and Anti-Piracy go hand-in-hand. I'm guessing that's not the case for Free Software advocates. Stallman (if I understand) believes that it's morally wrong NOT to share a useful piece of software with your friends. Personally I feel that Open Source Software has freed me from the piracy of my youth.
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