Re:Disney Open Source
by mirekrusin on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @02:12AM
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Same in UK. You just take a leasehold for 100 years from queen, you don't own it.
i don't think that's strictly true - while you're correct that i [as a homeowner, specifically a freeholder] don't own the land, but i own (i think) a title to this plot of land, it's not a 100 year lease - I "own" this land for an unlimited period and i don't need to renew anything ever. not to be confused with leasehold properties (eg flats) where you have a lease, typically ~100 yrs, to the freeholder (who owns the block of flats), that you have to renew.
In China land use rights can only be bought for a limited time - after this time it goes back to the government:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chinese_property_...
In this sense other countries than the US indeed give quite different answers to your rhetorical question.