[linux-audio-dev] Re: No Subject

[Lee Revell]

On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 17:23 -0800, Kjetil S. Matheussen wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Feb 2006, Lee Revell wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 16:57 -0800, Kjetil S. Matheussen wrote:
> >> Lee Revell:
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 14:08 +0100, David Kastrup wrote:
> >>>> Who is talking about not paying?
> >>>
> >>> This whole discussion was ignited when someone advocated pirating (or
> >>> stealing, or whatever) commercial software.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Why don't you want to distinct between copyright violation (which is
> >> a gray area, different from country to country) and stealing?
> >>
> >
> > First, because I personally do consider it stealing, and second,
> >
> 
> But why do you consider it stealing?
> 

Because you are taking someone's property without paying them for it.
If I create something it is my right to sell it or refuse to sell it to
anyone.

> 
> > copyright infringement is illegal everywhere that matters.
> 
> Hmmmmmm. :-(
> So what do you mean by matters?
> 

I mean that I would not distribute my software in a country that did not
have copyright law, because a powerful corporation in such a place could
take my GPL'ed code and put it in a proprietary product, or take my
proprietary code withoput paying me for it.  Just like I would not park
my car somewhere where it could be legally stolen (or driven off in, or
borrowed, or whatever you call it).

Lee