With every passing hour, I find more and more people supporting a certain old man in his fight against corruption. With every hour, I find more people getting agitated against the government because of their inability to clear out corruption in this country.
But along with all of those sentiments, I also find people requesting for license keys for software and mobile apps from each other. And I wonder, isn’t that stealing? Isn’t that corruption too? When a certain developer has copyrighted his code and has decided to sell his efforts for his living, isn’t it stealing when one uses methods to use that app without paying the concerned developer/publisher?
I have come across people who can afford even half a lakh of rupees for a mobile phone! There are even those who spend fortunes for a Swarovski or Louis Vitton mobile cover! And yet, we wish not to pay just Rs 50/100 for an app just because someone else we know has a license key that’ll help crack the code?
There are people who argue that the software developer had his chances of protecting his code. I am smarter, so I cracked it. Which sounds exactly like even if I lock my door and yet my house gets robbed, it is my mistake not to erect a door made of iron, rather than of wood! Is this really fair?
I am sure a lot many of us are developers ourselves. Tell me, would you like it if your employer didn’t pay you for the services you render? If you are a photographer, would you really like someone else to siphon off your hard work and publish them online on their own websites?
Sure, some software cause tens of thousands of rupees that might be unaffordable, or maybe not even worth it. But that should never warrant stealing as an alternative. Switch to Open Source software. If that’s too radical, then there are at least enough freewares to help you glide through comfortably. All you need to do is invest a bit of time to learn them. And trust me, more often than not, the open source alternatives are better coded and supported software than the proprietary ones!
We speak of eradicating corruption from this country. We are ready to die for a man we hadn’t even heard of for most of our lives. And yet we aren’t ready to be honest men ourselves?
Is this how we plan to bring in a revolution in this country? Remember, that single corrupt politician up there is actually one man among the billions of us! If we are corrupt ourselves, he is also bound to be!
Epilogue - I usually do not impose my thoughts and ideals onto others. But yesterday someone on Blackberry Messenger had asked me for the license key of an app and that triggered the nagging worm within me. Sorry for the rant, but I am truly worried for sure! I wonder if there will ever come a day when we’ll realize that there is nothing called “free lunch!”
I was supposed to spend the afternoon watching Transformers 3 and Bbuddah…hoga tera baap back to back. However, a n impromptu trip to the Purana Qila got planned out and here are a few photographs I had clicked. For the rest, you can check out on Facebook. And tomorrow, I shall upload them on Flickr.
All those who know me, know that I recently suffered an immense personal loss. Someone very close to my heart, decided to leave this mortal abode. But then, I also have a new baby brother. He is 25 years younger to me! Wow, quite a difference! Here are a few candid shots of his that I wanted to share.
The very first time I had ever held a DSLR in my hand was about 5 years ago. In college. And needless to say, I didn’t take long to get blown away by it. I am not too great a photographer. As a matter of fact, I don’t understand shit about apertures, ISOs or even focal lengths. Sure, I had studies some of those terms in my Optics class. And that’s the only reference I have. I guess the only advantage I got is a sense of angles and lighting. But that was enough to make me feel extremely inadequate off the regular point and shoots you get in the market.
I won’t lie. The recent spate of almost all my friends buying one DSLR or the other also heightened the thirst. With every cam I held in my hands, the urge of possessing one kept getting stronger. Thankfully, I had managed to stash out a bit of cash that helped me acquire this amazing baby! Do watch out a lot of clicks from my end! P.S. - this doesn’t put a stop to grainy shots from my Blackberry since that trusted 5MP cam is great for taking instant shots. Anytime. Anywhere.
