Thread: What is "piracy" and is it ever justified
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2010-03-03 , 16:41
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Originally Posted by azorni View Post
Apart from Turing or maybe Pascal, nobody as ever designed a piece of software all by oneself.

Same as for the bicycle, if I must design one, i hope I won't have to pay fees for the license for wheels.
Communal effort does not preclude open source. If you used only items available freely then you are fine, using a production machine then it would have it's own protection in place. Whilst you owuld be free to use the machine, copying the design would constitute unacceptable behaviour if done without permission.