> He reproduced the printing and labelling of the originals, and kept refining his product to look more similar to the original so they'd get through customs.

> He reproduced the printing and labelling of the originals, and kept refining his product to look more similar to the original so they'd get through customs. Ok, I think that may justify using the word "counterfeit" then. > There are documents from him where he's selling them for $20. The thing is, it would have been perfectly legal for him to sell Debian CDs for $20. That would still have made the old computers usable again. It's good to make use of old computers, but I think the implied argument of having to copy Windows recovery CDs to save old computers is nonsense. The story just puzzles me. Maybe he didn't realise that you can sell free software[1]? [1]: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html