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Is Windows FOSS now? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/LSB/PDF/LSB10922/LSB10922.8.pdf

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[–] Klear@quokk.au 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

While I agree with the general idea, please don't call piracy "stealing". It's not stealing, whether you do it or some giant corpo.

[–] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

While I agree², their use of "steal" makes sense in the analogy because the apple doesn't belong to the "thief"; besides, you can't pirate an apple

[–] sgibson5150@slrpnk.net 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Evidently you can!

“Apple piracy is a problem,” said Lynnell Brandt, chief executive officer of Proprietary Variety Management, the Yakima firm hired to handle the Cosmic Crisp rollout. “Some are propagating trees without permission. Some are stolen in the middle of the night.”

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

Don't call copyright infringement "piracy," either.