I agree with you about how wrong it is to pirate software, 4 example, AOS 3.5 &3.9 but some of them can hardly be gotten hold of.
Personaly, i'm stuck in the mud here. My example is I want to connect my Draco (amiga clone using amiga OS) to the internet. After about a year of searching fo an areadn ii card, i found one. I have the AOS 3.9. Genesis cant get me online and i have been informed that Maiami DLx is the right software to use. I have been on the Nordic Global site and maild them that i want to purchase a copy. 2 months now and no reply.
Now if someone offers me a copy free of charge, should I say no?
I do not encourage piracy as I have never used any software on my machines that i hav'nt paid for. Movieshop, LightWave,ImageFx,Pagestream, you name it. Some times it hard to say no.
Anyway any body got Maiami Delux to spare so that i can use the Draco to get online by ADSL & net work my machines?
One reason I want to do this is when people come here to get their work done & they se me swaping diskkets to & from the draco and pc's they keep asking, can't you net wok the machines? Normaly my answer is this is an amiga. Then they go ooh i see, old system it's out of date.
I know it is possible to get it done bout not as easy as it could be.
I will never pirate AOS or any other software but when the developer just disapear and leaves you in the wilderness, anyone who helps you out is a savoir.