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| From: rajendran [mailto:rajendran@xxxxxxxxxx]
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| I feel that is the fundamental reason why software piracy=20
| is rampant, a
| video CD of even the yet-to-be-released "Passion of the=20
| Christ" is available
| on the roadside for 50 bucks, and no training company in=20
| Chennai that I know
| of (correct me if wrong) ever has original legal purchased=20
| copies (what an
| oxymoronic name!) of BEA Weblogic or Cognos datawarehousing=20
| software.
you have hit the nail without realizing it. the FLOSS philo aims=20
at removing piracy by opening the code, and by the nature of=20
various FLOSS licenses, piracy is annihilated.
saha
PS: RMS/FSF discourages the usage of the word 'piracy' though
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Piracy
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