Re: A89: Me distributing roms.
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Re: A89: Me distributing roms.
Well, when you steal a lawnmower, the owner doesn't have it anymore. When you
download a file, you just copy it and the owner still has it.
Bryan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cassady Roop" <croop@oregontrail.net>
To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: A89: Me distributing roms.
>
> So, by similar logic, if someone leaves their door unlocked, you would
> feel justified in walking into their house even if you don'e even know
> them?
>
> Or if I had a truck (the computer) and I wanted your lawnmower, and it
> was just sitting there on your lawn without any gate (passwords) or
> for-sale sign on it (no payment), it would be legal for me to put the
> lawnmower in my truck (download) and drive away with it?
>
> Cassady Roop
>
> Serial wrote:
> >
> > Simple. There is no payment to download it and it is not protected by any
> > passwords or compression. It'd be like if adobe put a full download of
> > photoshop in their site for free and said we're breaking the law if we
> > download it.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org
> > [mailto:owner-assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org]On Behalf Of Cassady Roop
> > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 6:22 PM
> > To: assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org
> > Subject: Re: A89: Me distributing roms.
> >
> > > hold no rights over public property and if they have a problem with that
> > I'd
> > > like to hear about it in person. If you work for Ti mail me and I'll call
> > > you personally and you can explain why you think you have a right to stop
> > > the distrobution of public software through the use of threats and
> > reporting
> >
> > How exactly does a ROM TI wrote fall under the term 'public property'
> > unless they say it does? (which they don't)
> >
> > Cassady Roop
>
>
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