XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand   
      
   In message , Chris Ahlstrom wrote:   
      
   > 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?   
      
   I think that’s a silly way to avoid the question, Chris.   
      
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