Lack of copy protection does NOT constitute permission to copy software in order to share or sell it. In offering non-protected software to you, the developer or publisher has demonstrated significant trust in your integrity. Software acquired by colleges and universities is usually licensed. The licenses restrict how and where the software may be legally used by members of the community. This applies to software installed on hard disks in microcomputer clusters, software dist ributed on disks by a campus lending library, and software available on a campus mainframe or network.
Some institutional licenses permit copying for certain purposes.
It is illegal for a faculty member or student to copy software for distribution among the members of a classes without permission of the author or publisher. You may think that you cannot afford to purchase certain programs that you need. But there are legal alternatives to unauthorized copying. Your institution may have negotiated agreements that make software available either to use or to purchase at special prices. Consult the Information Technology Library in the Computer and Space Sciences building, room 1400, 405-4261 for information.