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Re:Qt Could Go Proprietary, KDE Relationship and Qt-Based Fr... by toyg on Monday June 01, 2020 @09:43AM (#23378329)
Freedom 2 and 3 are limitations of your right of resale applied to software. Actual applications differ by jurisdiction, of course, but my point is that, by limiting a consumer right, they become a consumer-rights issue by definition.
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Re:Qt Could Go Proprietary, KDE Relationship and Qt-Based Fr... by jfkebwjsbx on Monday June 01, 2020 @09:54AM (#23378438)
Right of resale does not make sense for a lot of software.

Games that are only meant to be played once are a good example and can be compared to a ticket to the cinema. It does not make sense to allow to resell those games.

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Re:Qt Could Go Proprietary, KDE Relationship and Qt-Based Fr... by seba_dos1 on Monday June 01, 2020 @11:43AM (#23379767)
On the other hand, you can resale your DVDs and Blurays just fine even after you watched the movie.
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Re:Qt Could Go Proprietary, KDE Relationship and Qt-Based Fr... by robto on Monday June 01, 2020 @11:35AM (#23379658)
I don't think they are - you can always sell libre software. Whether anyone is willing to buy it is another question, but at no point is your right to resell abridged.
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