[RTC List] Choice of antivirus protection

[Robert Beckerdite]

All,

 

  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.  

 

Sincerely,

 

Rob Beckerdite

Beckerdite Consulting

Eureka, CA

 

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From: list-bounces at redwoodtech.org [mailto:list-bounces at redwoodtech.org] On
Behalf Of M Welch
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 6:36 PM
To: 'RTC'
Subject: Re: [RTC List] Choice of antivirus protection

 

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.

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.

Breaking those terms is probably not defensible in a court of law.



Robert Beckerdite wrote at 06:27 PM 8/8/2008:
 



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?

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