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#120
Originally Posted by azorni View Post
For the same reason, I don't see why, after you bought a software, you could not copy it and give it or even sell it (but the buyer would be idiot) as long as you don't pretend you wrote it.
Because you agreed to something else (that's the license agreement and terms-of-use part many conveniently skip). It's like saying, yeah, I have an agreement with the bank that I'll return the money plus interest in a year, but they have so much money anyway, so I don't see what's the fuss if I return it in two years, it's not like I said I don't owe them...
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