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Re:Show HN: I completed shipping my desktop app by dragonwriter on Saturday January 04, 2025 @01:11AM (#42592829)
> I expect to own it outright

Unless you are the legal creator or buy the copyright, you never own software outright, you license it from the owner (or its public domain and has no owner.)

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Re:Show HN: I completed shipping my desktop app by layer8 on Saturday January 04, 2025 @11:48AM (#42595819)
At least in Europe, you do own the copy of the software you bought. The first-sale doctrine applies.

https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/201...

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