Once upon a time I used pirated software to make music. I made a lot of music with this software and I have kept all of the project files.
When I grew up, I went to University for audio engineering and learned pirating software is a very bad thing; so I stopped doing it. I decided if I ever wanted to work on those projects again I would need to purchase a valid license for the software.
I'm ready now--but I'm worried that I'll buy a license and my old projects won't work. 😧
@nebunez Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area
Copying is *not* theft, and *definitely* not piracy.
Copying software is fine, and totally OK if you couldn't afford the software anyways, or you just want to test it out and then see if it's worth paying for.
@Matter @nebunez I would agree here that "copying software" is fine and OK if you need to test it out and see if your project files even still work if your intention is to purchase the software. I would also say that I've seen a lot more #FOSS music software around, which is great, and am also excited to muck around with #VCVRack soon :)
