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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>All,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> I like to think our personal sense
of ethics and honor is closer to our hearts than “what we can get away”
or what is legal. There are many things that one can do that are immoral
even without terms and conditions governing them. I only ask the question
because to use the behavior that we are trying to defend ourselves from is inevitably
going to create issues for people down the road as the very good antivirus goes
out of business because they were not good at writing licensing code into their
product and therefore never made money. So we end up being forced
to worse antivirus providers that wrote much better licensing code. In
the modern day I pay for antivirus software because I want to keep the good
guys employed. Sometimes I may end up with an inferior product but I
always have protection and someone to turn to if it doesn’t work. I
think it is reasonable not to recommend to the diverse audience of this forum
how to violate terms and conditions. I am sure there are some people that
might follow your directions not understanding the legal ramifications of what
you suggest. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Rob Beckerdite<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Beckerdite Consulting<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Eureka</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>, CA<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
list-bounces@redwoodtech.org [mailto:list-bounces@redwoodtech.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>M Welch<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, August 08, 2008 6:36
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'RTC'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [RTC List] Choice of
antivirus protection</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Can of worms. For example, what if it is a fact that you would never
succumb to the advertising in the first place? There is no answer to your
question.<br>
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The real question is: Is it legal? A person probably has to agree to a set of
terms and conditions before being allowed to enable the product. My guess is
that within those terms and conditions, you may not alter the program from its
intended state.<br>
<br>
Breaking those terms is probably not defensible in a court of law.<br>
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Robert Beckerdite wrote at 06:27 PM 8/8/2008:<br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Is it ethical to disable a minor
advertisement of a well rated free product? Rather than just pay the talented
people who put all their hard work into the product?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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