[SFD-discuss] when your pc gets sick!!!

[Przemysław Kulczycki]

Pia Waugh pisze:

>> Hiren's BootCD contains unlicensed proprietary software, therefore it 
>> cannot and shouldn't be recommended by free/open source software users 
>> because its use is illegal in most countries.
> 
> There is also a difference between using and distributing something. It is
> illegal to distribute the libdvdcss in Australia but does that mean I should
> do without dVDs in my house if I use Linux? It is technically illegal to
> distribute something with mp3 support already set up (unless the distributer
> has paid the mp3 fee), so how does that affect non-technical recipients of
> Free Software? Most non-technical people don't know (or care) why their
> default Linux installation doesn't support DVD or MP3, it is a problem.

I'm not talking about distributing something like patented video or 
audio codecs. I'm talking about distributing warez.
Hiren's bootcd contains pirated versions of Norton Ghost, Partition 
Magic, McAfee Antivirus, and many more.
http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd

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