XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: usenet@gallopinginsanity.com   
      
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro stated in post iemr3t$f30$5@lust.ihug.co.nz on 12/19/10   
   10:55 PM:   
      
   > 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?   
      
   I use Windows and have never pirated it.  Your claim is simply wrong.   
      
      
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