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You said "If you want software, abide by the terms of the licence and pay for it." What do you mean by payment? If the software is GPL then payment is not money, it the abiding by the terms of the licence.

I do agree if the developer, distributer, ect. wants money as payment one should pay the money for the use of the software, but not all software come with the same type of price tag.

You are right "TRANSAFAL", There's no such thing as a free lunch, and one should have to pay for the time and effort of another. The problem is that people on both sides of this arguement like to assume that payment has to mean cash.

People need to understand that using someone elses work comes the responsiblity of paying whatever costs the creator asks for in return, or don't use the creation.

It's simple no one has the right to one minute of my life. For to state that one has the right to demand my time is slavery, and slavery is never knoble, no matter how knoble the outcome. People must submit to my terms to obtain my time and effort, or refuse to use my time and efforts.

For more read "Howard Roark's Trial Sumation" from Ayn Ryan's "The Fountainhead".
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COPYRIGHTS need to be STRICTLY INFORCED N O W !  idnew2011@... | 03/08/04
(NT) Wow. So does correct spelling.  James T. Kirk | 03/08/04
He/She must have a Copyright on it so it is correct for them  idnew2012@... | 03/08/04
Sure...  BitTwiddler | 03/08/04
http://www.iespell.com  AbsolutelyNot | 03/08/04
then enforce them!  ryusen | 03/08/04
Money needs to be paid for software and for using it  idnew2011@... | 03/08/04
Disagree.  doe_z | 03/08/04
I agree to disagree with you  idnew2012@... | 03/08/04
Define The Word Payment  rabban192 | 03/08/04
One problem with this  tic swayback | 03/08/04
minor correction...  OldeTimeGeek | 03/09/04
Mistake  rabban192 | 03/09/04
"BTW: Professional has two, not one 's'. "  B_HI | 03/08/04
How many names do you use?! (NT)  el1jones | 03/08/04
Piracy is wrong and needs to be punished  idnew2012@... | 03/08/04
Worth Comparing  Nigel Johnstone | 03/08/04
Ah! The BSA argument!  AbsolutelyNot | 03/08/04
Seems like lawyers making ways to make more money  voska | 03/08/04
I agree 100%  Jomo_z | 03/08/04
Stealing is wrong, but this is not stealing  tic swayback | 03/08/04
Copyright Holders Shouldn't Remain Ignorant  ParadigmOdyssey | 03/08/04
Copyright Holders need to sue offenders NOW  idnew2012@... | 03/08/04
Dear MEPs  Nigel Johnstone | 03/08/04
How valuable is your personal liberty?  Goobers | 03/08/04
This how you fix the piracy problem  voska | 03/08/04
The law is the law  Bill4 | 03/08/04
Not a job creator  Nigel Johnstone | 03/08/04
Message has been deleted.  idnew2013@... | 03/08/04
Message has been deleted.  idnew2013@... | 03/08/04
Message has been deleted.  tidapornk@... | 03/08/04
Please note  Nigel Johnstone | 03/08/04
Think it's Bitty in one of his many incarnations...?  AbsolutelyNot | 03/08/04
Laws are created to keep honest people honest  idnew2012@... | 03/08/04
Govt's Job is to pretect it's people  ryusen | 03/08/04
The fallacy of "intellectual property"  Goobers | 03/08/04
100+ years isn't limited though  voska | 03/08/04
Freedom of speech, but abide by copyrigh laws on software  idnew2025@... | 03/08/04
True, but...  Nigel Johnstone | 03/09/04
uh huh copyright nothing i pay for the software is mine period  M_c | 03/08/04

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