Is the Issue of Borrowing Software one of Ethics? What Should Be the Christian Stance on “borrowing”?

Is the issue of borrowing software one of ethics? What should be the Christian stance on “borrowing”?

The issue of ‘borrowing’ software is one based on ethics and morals. I would say that even those that consider themselves law-abiding citizens do piracy. It is something that happens so often, I would say, most do not even think about it. Say you are working at the office and are using a program that has been installed already on the computer. Well, you are not using the program thinking, “I wonder if the company bought the license to use this or if they just copied the program from computer to computer.”

It makes sense tome why people are participating in piracy. When you are a student and you need a program to do one simple project, why would you want to go buy the entire program for a few hundred dollars when you can ‘borrow’ it from someone and use it for the one project you need it for? But…this is unethical. If a parents copies a program from a friend or co-worker they do not tell their kids, “It is okay, I just copied it from John, he said he did not mind, no one will know.” What it seems to be is an unuttered undertaking of an immoral or unethical practice and a fraudulent lesson that is being taught to children as an alright thing to do.

In the Ten Commandments we are commanded not to steal. A Christian