Re: GPL and other licences

[Isaac]

On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 19:41:31 +0100, Alfred M. Szmidt <ams@gnu.org> wrote:
>    Oh nonsense.  Only if they legally acquired a copy.  Nobody is
>    allowed to steal software just because _if_ it would be released,
>    it would have to be under a free license.
> 
> First of all, you can't steal software.  Secondly, I was assuming that
> it was legally aquired, if it wasn't then the license doesn't apply to
> begin with.  So there is no nonsense, you are making it up as you go.

So if I go into Staples and five finger discount some copies of Turbo Tax
I have not stolen some software? 

Isaac