(OT) - NOT A Major Blow to Copyleft Theory

[Alexander Terekhov]

On Feb 9, 2008 5:48 PM, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
> Quoting Matthew Flaschen (matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu):
> [Terenkov snipped]

Terekhov, please.

>
> > Well, that settles it.  Clearly, if you performed an act, and your house
> > was not immediately swarmed by SWAT, that act must be legal.
>
> There are companies that don't give a damn in general about unauthorised ... Microsoft

Eh? Sorry Rick, but all of my MS' downloads were authorised.

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I've ordered it multiple times.

regards,
alexander.

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