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Re:Scapegoating free software’s failures by pratyushc on Sunday November 17, 2019 @08:55PM (#21561335)
Interesting. If you were given the copy on a computer owned by your employer, is it your copy or theirs?
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Re:Scapegoating free software’s failures by newnewpdro on Monday November 18, 2019 @12:42AM (#21562167)
I believe it's theirs.

If I loan you my laptop brimming with free software, and you use it for a day, have I redistributed the software to you? No. You had use of a computer you didn't own executing the software, no copy was made. It's no different from the well-known SaaS loophole the AGPL attempts to close.

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