Z:gnu-www-ja-gates--b0399d-If you're a programmer and you/en

If you're a programmer and you want to change the software, for yourself or for someone else, you can't. If you're a business and you want to pay a programmer to make the software suit your needs better, you can't. If you copy it to share with your friend, which is simple good-neighbourliness, they call you a &ldquo;pirate&rdquo;. Microsoft would have us believe that helping your neighbour is the moral equivalent of attacking a ship.