þ Albert Alcoceba wrote to Kalman Daniel on 29 Apr 97  18:15:37
Hali Albert Alcoceba !
 AA>> Do you see it as fair that I had to work a full day while you sat
 AA>> around on your butt and did nothing for the same game?
 KD> Fair against whom ?  I don't really care if you, for example, buy
 KD> something a hundred times above the market price.  This is your
 KD> problem.  So if we talk about being fair, my behaviour is not fair
 KD> only against the author of the
 KD> program.
 AA> Not so.  We are talking about YOU stealing here.
So, it's not fair against who ?  Against you, against the goverment, or who ?
 
 KD>   Maybe not even the author, rahter the distributor, because
 KD> the authors usually don't receive money after each sold copy.
 AA> Usually they do.  Most receive royalties on a per copy sold basis.
I think not, but I can't privide proof or statistics, so forget it.
 
 AA> To put it no your words:  The author doesn't care if your economy is
 AA> so stuffed that your GDP and salaries are so low. 
It's not the author who should care, rather the distributor.
 AA> It always comes down to the same thing:  If you can't afford it then
 AA> do with out!
Well, do that if you want to, I won't.  Certainly, I won't steal anything 
ike
a TV that someone will miss if I stole it. But I will pirate software until:
- I have enough money to buy it or
- there will be so strict punishments that it wouldn't worth it or
- I'm convinced that the author needs the money more than I do
 
 KD> On the other hand, if I chosed to buy the stuff, I should have worked
 KD> for about a week for exactly the same program. Do you consider this
 KD> fair ?
You forgot to answer this question.
I gotta get some sleep...
                                          Daniel
... You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought.
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