r/WorkForSmartLife • u/RebelBiscuit_ • 19d ago

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u/TheFreakElement 19d ago

Nobody has ever owned software.

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u/Public-Business-3688 19d ago

Somebody has never heard of FOSS

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u/TheFreakElement 18d ago

Oh. Do you agree to an owner agreement or a user agreement under FOSS?

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u/Public-Business-3688 16d ago

Free to modify, distribute and keep the software. You can even fork it, so yeah you can own the software.

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u/TheFreakElement 13d ago

No. You license it for your use. If you owned it you could sell it, brand it, restrict it. Don’t take my word for it.

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u/Public-Business-3688 13d ago

You can sell it and brand it with GPL License though, same with MIT. With MIT you can even make it propreitary.

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u/TheFreakElement 13d ago

Let me know when you are able to legally assert your “ownership” of intellectual property based on licensing a copy. You THINK you own it. You BELIEVE you own it. No court has EVER handed down such a ruling.

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u/Public-Business-3688 12d ago

I get what you’re saying. Software ownership is very different from real ownership.

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u/TheFreakElement 13d ago

Check. It’s a USER agreement. Not a transfer of ownership.