What's the legality of installing software on someone else's

They'd have to prove you installed it which would be difficult.

>>61045963
Interesting. In both instances? Or is it just on a work computer.

Or are these basically the same thing legally?

Also just realized I deleted the end of my sentence.
>without their
Knowledge... I meant without their knowledge...

In the work computer case, if it's your workstation and you can argue that installing that program was necessary for you to work, it should not be a problem. In other cases it's a flip - US computer crime definition is retarded. I guess in most countries they'd have to prove you did it with malicious intent. So you should be safe to install Gentoo/Adblock on a friend's computer.

>>61046438
So in other words it's a big grey area... I figured. Just vague enough for anything to be considered illegal on a whim.

>So you should be safe to install Gentoo/Adblock on a friend's computer.

Excellent! I'm glad you understood.

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>>61045932
Unauthorized copying is perfectly legal under U.S. law so long as you don't charge shekels. If the company of said product challenges you, they get their Mafia squad together and sue you in Civil Court.

>>61046654
Right. I'm mostly concerned with actual statutes or fed code prohibiting it though. Any search only comes up with Canada's ban of installing software without the owner's consent.