If you make a copy of a piece of software *and* you give it to a friend *and* he uses this software instead of buying a copy from the local shop, how is this different than shoplifting a copy? (Other than the fact you've taken a free copy of the documentation and gotten spiffy packaging with it.) That's one less copy sold, and that's money out of the developer's pocket either way, isn't it? Walks like a duck, talks like a duck, looks like a duck, it's theft.
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