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Conveniently ignoring that you may be sued into oblivion if you have enough money to make it worth it for them. Come on. Windows is only free for people not making significant amounts of money with it. If you do make money... surprise: https://www.bsa.org/

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Why would I care about rich people problems that try to get ahead without paying others they use to get ahead?

Laws are never the same for the rich and the poor. And if they are to differ then it's the better direction for them to differ.

Your assertion that Microsoft allows everyone to use Windows for free is false. What you care or not care about is irrelevant in this context. I have no clue why you brought it up.

Now if you wish to assert that Microsoft allows peons to use Windows for free, as long as it is convenient for them, I can agree with that. They're still a bunch of hypocrites.

Allowing Microsoft to selectively apply the law as it benefits them is not a good thing, you're confused.

If you do not allow people to do something and yet hundreds of millions of people on Earth do it and you do as much as I described to prevent it then you are de facto allowing it. Same thing the MS guy said. Whatever's published on a website is de facto freeware. "no copyright infringement intended". That's how it works outside of lawyers offices.

Commercial policy is not the law so MS can be as hypocritical as they want. I'm happy that their hypocrisy is going in the right direction this time.

Excellent trolling! Funny thread.

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