[wslh]

> Your operating system? This isn't Linux, this isn't a free and open system.

Linux is not your operating system either. You are not the owner of Linux. Linux has a permissive open source license that don't give you ownership. If you were the owner you could change its license.

[dgzl]

I'm saying Linux is "free and open," you can clearly see that in my comment.

[wslh]

Clearly the "Your operating system? This isn't Linux, ..." assumes that Linux is yours beyond if it's free and open.

[dgzl]

Regardless, "you're operating system" doesn't imply literal legal ownership, it implies ability to control, as in control when and what gets updated as the OP is upset about.

[type0]

I think in a legal sense it is yours. Heck you could even sell it, the license just requires you to provide the code if you change it. If you don't abide the license you can loose that ownership (by the legal copyright case), in a same way you could loose the ownership of your car or house in certain circumstances.

> it implies ability to control, as in control when and what gets updated as the OP is upset about.

Many routers run linux, the provider doesn't have to give you ability to control that OS, but in accordance with the copyright law they have to give you the code when you ask for it. So in that case you own both the device and the code but you don't necessary fully control it (unless it's flashed with OpenWrt or similar). So control and ownership are different things.

[dgzl]

Who else wants to be pedantic?