Carlos Rodrigues 🪣 on Nostr: If you read "going around the school yard" as "pirated floppies", you're not wrong. I ...

If you read "going around the school yard" as "pirated floppies", you're not wrong. I still have the photocopied code wheel. 🏴‍☠️

Software piracy is a messy topic, but one that cannot be left aside when looking at personal computing history.

Let's skip for-profit piracy. There was plenty of that, but not in the school yard. Plus, hardly anyone would find it morally defensible regardless of context.

Instead, let's talk about casual piracy...

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