Re:Show HN: Add license key verification to your apps
by koolba on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @04:08PM
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> Correct. But we are entitled to the source code for programs which run on our computers, ...
No you're not. If you want the source code for the programs to run on your computer either write them yourself, choose FOSS ones, or pay someone to write one that supplies the source.
Nobody is mandating you buy a particular piece of software or run it on your computer. You're choosing to do it. If you decide you're not going to run closed source software that's your personal choice.
No you're not. If you want the source code for the programs to run on your computer either write them yourself, choose FOSS ones, or pay someone to write one that supplies the source.
Nobody is mandating you buy a particular piece of software or run it on your computer. You're choosing to do it. If you decide you're not going to run closed source software that's your personal choice.
> ... or is paid for by our taxes.
That's moving goal posts.