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Re: [seul-edu] Installfest scheduled.



On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Thomas Tempe < wrote:

> > > I will show up to help you do some install. I have several debian CD's
> > > ( pirated copy).
> >
> > Ok, this sounds strange but "HOW THE HECK to you pirate Debian CDs?"
>
> Easy: you sell them for a lot of money, or you just modify them and
> don't distribute the source for your modifications, or you remove the
> licence agreement...
>
> Hey, guys, Free software is not public domain software! If piracy is
> non-respect of the author's will (as stated in the licence), then it's
> easy to pirate it...

No matter how disrespectful your actions towards software authors and/or
copyright owners are, comparing it to the act of boarding a ship wielding
weapons with the intent of killing the crew and stealing the cargo is
ridiculous.

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Felipe Paulo Guazzi Bergo - Free Software Developer (bergo@seul.org)
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Campinas - SP - Brazil - Earth

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