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Date: Mon, 6-Jun-83 22:44:02 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun  6 22:44:02 1983
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Subject: Failed mail
Redistributed-by: Mike Simpson 
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Date: 6 Jun 1983 14:04:35 EDT (Monday)
From: Mike Simpson 
To: harpo!seismo!hao!cires!nbires!zhahai@ucb-vax
Cc: msimpson@bbn-unix
In-Reply-to: Your message of 3 Jun 83 4:13:11-PDT (Fri)
Subject: Re: piracy
Redistributed-by: Mike Simpson 
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Redistributed-date:  6 Jun 1983 14:18:19 EDT (Monday)

Zhahai,
	Being somewhat of a flaming libertarian at heart, I have strong
opinions against taking something that one does not own without the permission
of the owner.  I also feel just as strongly in the rights of the individual
consumer/purchaser of software.
	With that in mind, let me respond to some of the "for instance"s you
propose.  (Please bear in mind that I am NOT flaming against you in any way;
I am merely stating my opinion.)
	
	1) Making a backup copy of software is NOT piracy --
provided, of course, that the copy is used solely as a backup.
Backing up software is strictly good common sense.
	2) Tinkering with the PROMs in your micro should not be
construed as piracy -- would you be accused of piracy if you
decided that the shock absorbers on your car were not what you wanted,
and so went out and purchased a new set and installed them?
	3) Any BASIC assembler that (for some obscure legal reason)
couldn't be disassembled, I wouldn't buy in the first place.

	You get the general picture.  In a true, free-market environment
(which may not happen in my lifetime -- I am 22) the real problem would
be that of outright theft and subsequent sale at a profit, which would
be an abuse of the free-market environment.  Of course that's another
story altogether, and should be punished most harshly, but tinkering
with a system to see how it works and/or how to improve its performance
should be encouraged, not threatened.


     				     -- cheers,
					Mike Simpson
					Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc.
					Ten Moulton Street,
						Cambridge, MA 02238 (USnail)
					msimpson@bbn-unix OR
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					msimpson.bbn-unix@udel-relay
						(CSNET)
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