I don't know exactly. I can only guess on analogy with Ponosov's case who had been found guilty only because of the fact he had no payment documents, original boxes and other stuff to prove the Windozes in his school were legally purchased. They have not proved (and even have not tried) the fact that his Windozes were really cracked.
Download open source is not a problem too, but as in Ponosov case, at any moment it can be turned against you. I myself working on Linux and other OSS I download from the web, but I am not an opposite politician or journalist. If I would be one, I probably would think about my safety from this side and got a heap of papers and packing boxes to show I've bought everything:)
Yeah, but you would agree the situation is idiotic: I have to buy linux in a shop to have an original box of it but I cannot download the same linux with the same GPL license from internet.
And it is unclear how GPL fits the Russian laws. I suppose that MS EULA is only kind of license the authorities are known of.
Sure, in the country where 90% of software is cracked and 90% of its users are simply unaware that it is a crime, the officials found that effective instrument of repression.
Linux? I don't think it would help. In Russia, legal software is a purchased software, so you would be found guilty if you cannot show the cheques, original packs or somehow prove the fact you bought the software (read about the case of charging the school teacher Ponosov). Moreover, Russian copyright laws have no idea that something like copyleft is possible in the world.
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It was some question-answering puzzle on a text terminal. I remember the computer was in another room and the game was booted from a punched tape.
I don't know exactly. I can only guess on analogy with Ponosov's case who had been found guilty only because of the fact he had no payment documents, original boxes and other stuff to prove the Windozes in his school were legally purchased. They have not proved (and even have not tried) the fact that his Windozes were really cracked. Download open source is not a problem too, but as in Ponosov case, at any moment it can be turned against you. I myself working on Linux and other OSS I download from the web, but I am not an opposite politician or journalist. If I would be one, I probably would think about my safety from this side and got a heap of papers and packing boxes to show I've bought everything :)
Yeah, but you would agree the situation is idiotic: I have to buy linux in a shop to have an original box of it but I cannot download the same linux with the same GPL license from internet. And it is unclear how GPL fits the Russian laws. I suppose that MS EULA is only kind of license the authorities are known of.
Sure, in the country where 90% of software is cracked and 90% of its users are simply unaware that it is a crime, the officials found that effective instrument of repression. Linux? I don't think it would help. In Russia, legal software is a purchased software, so you would be found guilty if you cannot show the cheques, original packs or somehow prove the fact you bought the software (read about the case of charging the school teacher Ponosov). Moreover, Russian copyright laws have no idea that something like copyleft is possible in the world.