Many laws exist only as a tool for those in power to feed their thirst for more power and control over others, in a greedy attempt to grab a "bigger slice of the pie".
Morality, on the other hand, is what enables the growth of civilization, with its
Golden Rule ("treat others as you want to be treated"), and its value-added philosophy of free and open sharing of ideas (
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants).
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Hackers" (of the good "value-added" kind) tend to see political rules, ordinances, and laws (and other forms of bullying) as inconveniences, and seek a way around them in order to add end-user value, functionality and freedom (perhaps even flaunting some "laws" openly, when "flying under the radar" would be a safer approach).
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Crackers" (script kiddies, malicious pranksters, virus writers, and criminals) tend to see morality and trust as a weakness, and something to be abused to gain power and control over others, much like the politicians who create laws for the same purpose.
Developers by their very nature are hackers (by the original value-added definition). Because Amazon is one of the Good Guys (giving us "Special Offer" kindles at a price below manufacturing cost in some cases, subsidized by selling Ads to our eyeballs), we should not abuse the trust that Amazon has placed in us, by making it easy (or even tempting) to bypass the Special Offers that we agreed to in exchange for the reduced price.
So, let's continue to add value to these devices, while trying our level best to be nice to Amazon as they are being nice to us.
Meanwhile, outside in the "Real World", there are people who actually pay good money to purchase Special Offers in printed form, such as "Coupon Books". Amazon, on the other hand, is paying *us* to receive these Special Offers -- amazing!
And besides, if too many people abuse the Good Things (Special Offers, and free 3G Web access), history shows us that these things will just "go away". This sad fact of life is commonly known as "
Tragedy of the Commons". Let's try *really* hard not to make that happen, okay?
[End "Hacker Philosopy" Lecture]
Now, let's get busy and add some value!