>will show this. However, if someone asks a technical question, we shouldn't ask "Do you have a legal copy of the software?" before answering the question. I assume they are legal and answer the question. That's the approach we should take.
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>I think this started becuase some users where asking about statements like "Set decimal to ##" and we'd ask "Did you read the help file or manual on this statement? do you understand what it does?" and they'd say "No, I don't own a legal copy; here in my country we buy pirated copies of Visual Studio & all MS products -- it's the way we do it... The FoxPro program I'm working on is pirated too"

If someone admits that, then I agree. Don't help them. However, it won't take them long to figure things out and stop admitting that. They could also go elsewhere to get help.