Milan,

I'm disturbed by the request for cracked software (along with many people).
It seems discordant to me to ask for people to both donate and steal.  It is
one thing to appeal for older unused hardware from the owners and it is
another to ask people to break agreements which they have regarding
software.

Rather than asking for cracked software from people on the PICList, why
don't you appeal for legitimate limited use licenses of the software from
the owners?  I would be surprised if you received unconditional rejections
if you were to plead your case to the publishers and ensured that the
software was not distributed beyond the limits to which it was given.

myke
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roman Black" <fastvid@EZY.NET.AU>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: [OT]: The value of a donation


> Bob Ammerman wrote:
> >
> > Milan pronounced:
> >
> > <SNIP>
> >
> > >I allways can offer to help somene with some advice or idea. Maybe to
write
> > some >oftware (or to send cracked version or crack for commercial
> > software...)...The best >stuff we have here is knoweledge....and piracy,
of
> > course..
> >
> > >Milan
> >
> > Please, please, please tell me this was sarcasm.
>
>
> Bob, I don't want to sound as though I am defending
> piracy but really the piclist should be greater than
> any one person's social or political views. Even in
> Australia where I am, and I consider it to be a wealthy,
> lucky country the average wage is pehaps half of the
> average wage in the USA, and many technological items
> cost much more here. Two or three times as much.
>
> When people like Milan and Alexandre talk about things
> like someone giving them a 16F84 makes all the difference
> you have to wonder about the things we take for granted.
> I order 16F84 in the 100's or 500's. Who cares if I
> fry one? But to someone in a country where they earn
> many times less than you and things cost many times
> more to buy, you must expect a difference in the value
> of items and the way they are treated.
>
> So you might think it is right to spend one week's
> wages and buy the latest compiler, but if you were
> really struggling to feed your family and the new
> compiler cost a YEARS wages maybe that would change
> your views? I know there have been some strong threads
> here about intellectual property, but if some people
> are too poor to EVER afford your software does it hurt
> you economically if maybe some of them use it without
> permission? Maybe this is like a de-facto form
> or charity where the rich help the needy anyway.
> The world balances out, it always has.
>
> I respect your moral values but I also respect
> other people's values and try to remember that
> my values are for me. :o)
> -Roman
>
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