That attitude of only taking what you need was really what everybody had on the network in those days, and in fact, it wasn't just the people on the network, but it was actually kind of built into the protocols of the Internet itself.
В ту пору людям было свойственно брать только то, что им было нужно. Дело было не только в людях. Такой принцип являлся краеугольным камнем самого интернета.