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Why do you want it to be free ? you could just download and use a pirated version. This is what everyone does here >:)

spit wrote:Why do you want it to be free ? you could just download and use a pirated version. This is what everyone does here >:)

Because that's illegal and you can go to jail.

And we don't like people to support activities that will get you ass-raped or killed in prison.

uh.... what exactly is "it" spit ????

dama wrote:uh.... what exactly is "it" spit ????

Appropriate question dama...maybe he speaks as whole, as usual..for free stuff and so on

Yes, I was wondering the same thing. However, from what I have noticed working with pirated software for around five years now is that often times, it doesn't work as well as the original version, especially when it comes to games. Has any of you had to patch a game to no end just to get it to work without the CD? Another small observation I'd like to make is that microsoft even uses pirated software. If you open up one of the XP wave sounds as a text file, and go streight to the bottom, you will see the word deepz0ne which was a big pirate group in the late 90s / early 2000s. In conclusion, it's much better to stick to open source as it works better than stupid windows software, and pirating such software tends to make it work alot less than if you just hadd the real thing. Sorry this post is so disorganized.

interesting... I checked it but couldn't see any deepz0ne, and yes I agree with you bat. open source softs is the way to go!

al_tyranny wrote:

spit wrote:Why do you want it to be free ? you could just download and use a pirated version. This is what everyone does here >:)

Because that's illegal and you can go to jail.

And we don't like people to support activities that will get you ass-raped or killed in prison.

Michael Bolton: If we get caught, we're not going to white-collar resort prison. No, no, no. We're going to federal POUND ME IN THE ASS prison.

Samir: I don't want to go to ANY prison!

spit wrote:Why do you want it to be free ? you could just download and use a pirated version. This is what everyone does here >:)

Because it's immoral and you end up looking like an a$$.

Well.. usually i will use pirated ones if its too expensive. Anyway, i think my country don't look too serious at home users using pirated softwares.

If you talking about Free Software, the point is about freedom, not saving dollars. I like to be able to understand what is going on on my computer, be able to modify it. Even if I'm not a great C programmer or whatever, someone else can modify it and I can use their modifications.

For games and such it doesn't really matter, but I don't want all my documents and school work to be locked up and only usable by one program (like MS Office). Or have crazy things going on behind my back (like Sony's rootkit).

http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html

imprez wrote:..i think my country don't look too serious at home users using pirated softwares.

What then i can say 4 my contry. Recently we could by pirated things on main street.
I can't afford to by some originals things, and if i could, i wouldn't!

same here..in my country, pirated softwares are dispalyed on sidewalks for sale at a cheaper prizes

example would be, autocad software and its variations, original version of it in my country can buy a decent second hand car (approx price around more or less 200,000) already but in the streets you can buy it for like less than $2 (approx since in my country $1 = PhP 52 and pirated software here cost about 80 - 100 only)

and i so this bundled package, it has all adobe products sold for the price of less than $2 (approx since in my country $1 = PhP 52 and pirated software here cost about 80 - 100 only)

spit wrote:Why do you want it to be free ? you could just download and use a pirated version. This is what everyone does here >:)

Well, before you see the price tag on a particular piece of software, always look around for an Open Source alternative.

i.e.
1. Microsoft Windows is too expensive - use Linux
2. Microsoft Office is way too expensive - use Open Office
3. Adobe Acrobat Writer is too expensive - use Open Office
Those are some examples of open source software in place of commercial ones (not really good examples )

The Open Source movement emcompasses numerous free (fine, free beer ) software which you can use in place of the other expensive one.

By using the open source software, you are not only getting something done at no cost, but also helping the software by:

1. considering donating to the developers because you will probably like it
2. reporting bugs through your use, which will improve it
3. probably introduce it to your friends
4. rant about how good it is on IRC
5. etc,

All of this would contribute to the open source software's user base, and make it more readily used and possibly better than the commercial one. This would only help the open source movement chug along...

By the way, in Asia, mainly in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong over 60% of the software sold is pirated...

wegstar wrote:3. Adobe Acrobat Writer is too expensive - use Open Office

Do you mean Adobe Acrobat Reader? For pdf-reading in Windows I suggest FoxitReader

ke wrote:

wegstar wrote:3. Adobe Acrobat Writer is too expensive - use Open Office

Do you mean Adobe Acrobat Reader? For pdf-reading in Windows I suggest FoxitReader

No, I said "Adobe Acrobat Writer". Obviously, everyone knows the reader is free . FoxitReader seems to be commercial... and Open Office could do most the stuff (with the exception of editing PDFs).