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Originally Posted by Libertine
A few thousand sites might start using it, but both you and the owners of a fair number of those sites would be facing some serious jailtime.
Meanwhile, most businesses would stick with legal versions. Because, after all, illegally using software is a rather big liability for any serious business.
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If only that were true. I used to sell software written in Perl. Chasing down thieves and pirates was a constant chore. So much so that I stopped selling software. I couldn't even get hosts to shut down clients sites most of the time without jumping through all kinds of hoops. The only code I write is for my own use or on a strictly custom basis.
Most webmasters here will steal something before they'll pay for it. For the few that will happily pay I bet there are a couple hundred who will steal. Everyone knows they won't go to jail for using an unlicensed script.