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Old 09-30-2009, 11:31 AM   #42
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Originally Posted by Lo Zeno View Post
Oh for xxx's sake!
Stealing: taking something which you are not allowed to take.
This, at least, is what stealing means at my home.

Now, no law in the world allow you to take for yourself a book unless the AUTHOR and the PUBLISHER say "ok, you can". There are 2 ways to be granted permission to TAKE a book: paying, or obeying to a licence that says "you can have this book if you do not claim authorship" (like some GPL licenses).

Now move on.
When you share, you don't "take", you "give".

And I'm not sure that "stealing" it's what you mean even in your home...
Last edited by pshrynk; 09-30-2009 at 11:58 AM. Reason: Removal of offensive language.
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