mwm@ea.UUCP (04/17/84)
#R:felix:-22800:ea:7100009:000:1383 ea!mwm Apr 16 18:12:00 1984 /***** ea:net.micro / ut-ngp!werner / 2:34 am Apr 12, 1984 */ In a serious mode, laws are made by the POWERS that be and they will be buried in the dumps of history. Ethics and Morals are something totally different and tolerance requires that we accept other people living by different standards than our own. As long as our own freedom to live as we please is not restricted. Where an action on my part will not be detrimental to your life, as long as you never know about it, you have little to complain about. If the simple fact that you "know" makes you unhappy, then I will not carelessly put you "in the know". werner@/dev/null /* ---------- */ I definitely agree with you in principle. If your making copies of software didn't adversely affect me, I wouldn't care one way or another. However, you seem to have not noticed that your stealing software (Ok - you didn't say you stole software. You just said you weren't going to buy any more. I apologize if I've slandered you) IS having a detrimental effect on those of us who are honest enough to buy software. The price we pay gets even MORE outrageous [or at least they tell us that piracy is driving the prices up.] and of course, I can directly attribute the pains I've had with "copy-protected" software to you. [That's something I won't buy - because using it is such a pain that I won't use it.] <mike