Maerman@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 10 months agoPity, really.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square197linkfedilinkarrow-up1651arrow-down152
arrow-up1599arrow-down1imagePity, really.lemmy.mlMaerman@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square197linkfedilink
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·10 months agoI always thought it was warez as in “wears”. My understanding is it was short for “softwares” or something. Take the end, add a dash of 1337sp34k and you get warez. Maybe I’m wrong.
minus-squareUntitledQuitting@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·10 months agoSoftware and hardware are both wares aka goods or services that are for sale. Merchants deal in wares. Pirates deal in warez.
minus-squareulterno@lemmy.kde.socialBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·10 months agoExcept that softwares and hardwares probably came out of the word “wares”.
I always thought it was warez as in “wears”. My understanding is it was short for “softwares” or something. Take the end, add a dash of 1337sp34k and you get warez.
Maybe I’m wrong.
Software and hardware are both wares aka goods or services that are for sale. Merchants deal in wares. Pirates deal in warez.
Except that softwares and hardwares probably came out of the word “wares”.