Sujet : Re: The problem with not owning the software
De : ithinkiam (at) *nospam* gmail.com (Chris)
Groupes : alt.comp.os.windows-11 comp.os.linux.advocacyDate : 02. Jan 2025, 13:09:27
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <
ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
On Wed, 1 Jan 2025 16:47:42 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:
You still don't own it, but now it's purely semantics.
“Semantics” means "meaning”. So “now it’s purely meaning”?
Correct. With FLOSS you don't own the software, as it's still just a
license, but you can do with it more or less whatever you want. Meaning in
practice it is indistinguishable from ownership.