Re: Warez - A Rebuttal

["Gregor Zavcer" <gregor.zavcer@kiss.uni-lj.si>]

Hi,

I understood what you meant by potential profits. Still, like I said there
are no potential profits from me at the moment as the only question that is
is whether to have it or not.

And no, I'm not offended. I actually enjoyed the thread a lot:))) I got 
some
new ideas in which I'll fill you in the next days. Right now, I'm a little
bit to busy.:)))

greetings,

gregor

----- Original Message -----

First, what I meant by "potential profits" is the revenue that would have
been generated for the software company had the software been purchased.
Once a free copy of the software has been attained it's not likely that the
user will purchase an additional copy from the company.  Therefore the
potential for profit from that software user has been lost. I know that 
some
people do use "illegal" copies of software as a demo before purchasing the
software, so my argument doesn't hold up under all circumstances.

And secondly, I hope that no-one here felt I was placing any blame or
calling any one immoral.  I'm not perfect and don't ever want to be.  I was
just following the conversation (or what it had become ...) and thought I'd
give my 2 cents on how I came to my decision on the subject.  If I offended
anyone I truly am sorry.