No, Mundie Madness and our fixation with disappearing GPL’d IPv6
web servers providing evidence to the contrary, we’re not fond of
Microsoft stories, but when a disabled mother of four gets hauled
off to jail for selling counterfeit software she had no way of
knowing was counterfeit, we file it under “general interest” and
move on.
She wants compensation and a personal phone call from Bill Gates
according to this story.
“After a tip-off from Microsoft, the Mounties showed up
at her house, conducted a search and seizure, then arrested her and
her husband for good measure. She refused to plead guilty, defended
herself and – here’s the interesting bit – her case depended on her
not being able to knowingly sell counterfeit software, because she
didn’t know it was counterfeit. “