Maerman@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 6 days agoPity, really.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square193fedilinkarrow-up1625arrow-down151
arrow-up1574arrow-down1imagePity, really.lemmy.mlMaerman@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square193fedilink
minus-squareMystikIncarnate@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 days agoI don’t think either answer is wrong.
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·5 days 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-up10·5 days 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.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·5 days agoExcept that softwares and hardwares probably came out of the word “wares”.
I don’t think either answer is wrong.
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”.