Although it’s not quite the same, in terms of ‘harm’, it is still the same as selling a nicked bike, really. And I know no-one on here would condone that, so the ban is fair. The mods have to cover themselves, legally. If an illegally copied bit of software were to be sold via this site, then STW would be up for aiding and abetting, and face prosecution for criminal offences.
As has been pointed out; you can download a trial version, which I think is fully working, or look on ebay, Gumtree etc for a legit s/h copy. Plenty of older software out there, which can be legally bought and sold.
Can the mods say they have never once in their life installed a copy of a program from a freind or taken advantage of free downoads that may be from dubious sources?
Whatever any of us do, away from here, is our own business. This is a public forum, and forms part of the business that provides all of STW’s staff with their incomes. So, they rightly woon’t want to jeapordise that.