From: geneb@deltasoft.com   
      
   Bert Rozenberg  wrote:   
   > On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 12:16:15 -0700, E. Nusbaum wrote:   
   >   
   >>> So, if I walk into your house and take everything you don't use anymore,   
   >>> it's ok as long as I don't make any money of of it? Get real!!   
   >>   
   >> Pretty much. I do believe thats why places like the salvation army exist.   
   >   
   > We live in different country's so I don't know how the salvation army works   
   > in your country. In my country they don't walk into your house and take   
   > everything you don't use anymore. Instead they wait until you make the   
   > decision to give it to them.   
   >   
      
   While it's my personal opinion that Mr. Rozenberg is a petulant little   
   twerp, you cannot deny his ownership of whatever bit of software   
   that started this argument in the first place.   
      
   Using it publicly without his authorization is illegal.  So is using it   
   privately, but for him to prove it he has to gain entry into your home   
   and unless he's got a warrant the only thing it'll get him (at least in   
   my case) is an appointment with whatever Medical Examiner was on duty   
   when he made the poor choice to force his way into someone's home.   
      
   If his software is _that_ important to you, you can always reverse   
   engineer it and release the result under the GPL.  That way everyone   
   can get the same benefit you do, without the legal encumbrance.   
      
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