Regarding the legality of discussing pricing

[Orkar]

So are you saying that it is acceptable for third-world designers to steal and ignore all manner of regulation simply because they are at some kind of disadvantage? What kind of craziness is this? Just because someone has more of something than I have, that makes it alright for me to take it from them? What kind of reasoning is that?

Somehow, you missed the point, I was complaining about the situation in a sarcastic manner. Perhaps re-read the original post with that in mind.

Unfortunately the piracy issue teaches the lesson that if I have a disadvantage given the other compeditors I may now Beg, Borrow or Steal to accomplish the goal of winning the contract.

To create a parallel not in the software industry say someone ran a successful Taxi service in my city. They have vehicles, insurance and licenses they bought from the municipality to conduct their business.

Now as I am not as rich as the Taxi service owner... and come from say the poor side of the tracks (less affluent area of town).

Am I not justified to steal the new cars in town to be taxis, ignore the insurance policies that the taxi service pays and laugh at the concept of licensing with the municipality.

Somehow this attitude of steal to compete is prevalent in the software contracting industry. The only people who are not permitted to 'beg, borrow, steal' are the first world developers and companies. The self-same market that 90% of the paying work is produced for.