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From: Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: The problem with not owning the software
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2025 12:09:27 -0000 (UTC)
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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.