>Ed,
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>>And believe it or not, regardless of lax enforcement of the law in your country, I (and I suspect other people, too) consider your request morally and ethically objectionable. From my perspective, you're about as low on the evolutionary scale as alleged members of the human species come - nothing more than a common thief, and not a terribly bright or subtle one at that.
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>I know we've talked about this before and though I agree with your standpoint, your statement is what aggresive. I certain reject the way Larry is trying to get this software, but you have to face the fact that ALL of us at least has broken the copyright laws once.
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Theft is theft. If you feel that theft of intellectual property is an acceptable behavior, you're entitled to believe it. I'll not do so, and will not consider piracy apologists to be moral or ethical individuals.

The authors of Zachary are entitled to the benefits of creating it as a commercial package. Larry's already decided he really needs it badly to support someone who'se going to be charged money for a product he's going to develop with the product he'll not pay for. He's never, ever going to buy the product, he desperately needs it to make money just this once, so it's OK to steal it and not compensate the authors.

Walter, consider the position you've supported. I think your own ethics need some examination. Obviously, there's some threshhold value for theft that you find acceptable. For me, the threshhold value is nil.

If I'm going to use a product, especially where I'm going to be charging money for the use of that product, I buy it. I buy an awful lot of stuff to be able to properly evaluate it, and it ends up on the shelf collecting dust afterwards. That's called a part of the cost of doing business.