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- From: kurisuto@chopin.udel.edu (Sean J. Crist)
- Subject: Re: MacShell Availability
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 21:19:36 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.010316.13522@tamsun.tamu.edu> bpb9204@tamsun.tamu.edu (Brent) writes:
-
- >You know, this raises another question. What about old versions of
- >programs? Since Company X released version 5, and version 4 was sufficient
- >for me, is it illegal to use/copy version 4? I would assume it technically
- >still is, since the licensing does not fade away with new version releases.
- >So, has anybody been caught pirating old releases? ;-)
- >
- >p.s. Just so the self-appointed net.police don't get on my case, the
- >above isn't something I practice.
-
- I had a similar pirating-ethics problem a while back. I had been using
- MacWrite 5.0 legitimately on my school's computers for a long time, and had
- many MacWrite 5.0 files and was used to doing things in that program.
- Then I bought my own Mac and acquired a legitimate copy of MacWrite II,
- but continued to use a pirated copy of MacWrite 5.0 for most of my work
- (MacWrite 5.0 was no longer on the market at this point, I believe.) So, was
- I guilty of piracy? The point could be argued, but I don't think I was.
- I think that owning a newer version of a program legitimizes use of
- earlier versions of the same program.
-
- I have switched over to MacWrite II now, which I have legitimately, so
- this particular case is no longer an issue for me.
-
- --Kurisuto
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-