Originally Posted by
Trennto
Here's something interesting. I looked up "stealing" on dictionary.com. It has a few definitions, here are the two most important:
sto·len, steal·ing, noun
–verb
1. to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, esp. secretly or by force: A pickpocket stole his watch.
2. to appropriate (ideas, credit, words, etc.) without right or acknowledgment.
The first one is different from piracy, but the second.... not so much. To appropriate (take for yourself) one's ideas, credit, words, ect. That means someone's software too. According to this, copyright infringement or piracy IS stealing