A useful program, 0 bytes long

Re:A useful program, 0 bytes long by icebraining on Saturday June 22, 2013 @02:12PM (#5924577)

I don't agree this was the case here. They were perfectly happy to pay for a copy of the software, even though making another copy - as you rightly point out - costs nothing.

They were annoyed because nothing had actually been copied. It's like paying for a product and getting an empty shipping box in the mail.

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Re:A useful program, 0 bytes long by StavrosK on Saturday June 22, 2013 @02:18PM (#5924612)

Sure, if the product you're paying for is an empty box.

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Re:A useful program, 0 bytes long by icebraining on Saturday June 22, 2013 @02:52PM (#5924724)

But they didn't know it was, which is why they felt cheated. It's not because of the marginal costs.

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Re:A useful program, 0 bytes long by BHSPitMonkey on Monday June 24, 2013 @03:15PM (#5935025)

Well, an inode was "copied".

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