XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: ahlstromc@xzoozy.com   
      
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro pulled this Usenet face plant:   
      
   > In message , Chris Ahlstrom wrote:   
   >   
   >> Lawrence D'Oliveiro pulled this Usenet face plant:   
   >>   
   >>> Windows users happily click on those ???I have read and understood, and   
   >>> agree to the terms & conditions??? boxes on software EULA screens, even   
   >>> though they never read and understand those terms, and have no intention   
   >>> of agreeing to them.   
   >>>   
   >>> And in fact it seems impossible to get through a regular working day with   
   >>> proprietary software without violating the licences in some way.   
   >>>   
   >>> In short, Windows users are software pirates.   
   >>   
   >> I think that's a silly thing to say, Lawrence.   
   >   
   > Why? How else would you describe widespread and systematic deliberate   
   > copyright infringement?   
      
   Were you around in the Atari 8-bit days?  At club meetings, I watched in   
   amusement as people copied disk after disk of software, defeating   
   copy-protection mechanisms in some cases.  What made me laugh at this crime?   
   In many cases, guys were copying stuff they would *never* use, just so they   
   could claim they had the most software in their collection.   
      
   The only reason there are more pirates in the Windows camp these days is   
   simply that there are more Windows users these days.   
      
   Of course, Linux users are less prone to copyright infringement, simply   
   because 99% of the stuff they need is simply a checkbox-tick away.   
      
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