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So I'm not an expert, but isn't it still simply pirating software? I mean what's the difference between this and pirating Photoshop for example?
by The_Colonel 6y ago
So I'm not an expert, but isn't it still simply pirating software? I mean what's the difference between this and pirating Photoshop for example?
- userbinator 6y agoAdobe sells Photoshop, Apple does not sell macOS (and freely publishes download links for the latter.)
- The_Colonel 6y agoApple does sell macOS (as a part of MacBook, iMac etc).
- vlakkx 6y agoThe difference is that the cited shell script downloads software that the copyright holder himself makes freely available. It is like downloading binary freeware. The ToS are a separate issue, but I doubt they'd hold in Europe for example.
- thw0rted 6y agoJust because software is made available using a public web server does not mean that you are free to use it as you please. It's distributed along with a ToS agreement that governs its use. Bringing in words like "illegal" can be fraught because I don't think we've seen a court case (in the US at least) about exactly how binding a "click-wrap" agreement actually is, but there's no question that projects like the one linked upthread violate the terms of the software license.