On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 16:57 -0500, Rob wrote:
> On Mon February 20 2006 16:41, Lee Revell wrote:
> > > Please don't use the word "steal" to refer to copyright
> > > infringement. They're different crimes. (In the US,
> > I don't care about the law, morally, it's stealing.
>
> Exactly as much as building an exact replica of your house using
> your own materials would be stealing your house.
The point is, the developer of a piece of software has the right to
release it under any license they choose. It's not OK to violate the
license (whether open source or proprietary) just because you disagree
with it. If you don't like it write your own app.
Lee
Received on Sun Feb 26 20:17:23 2006
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