[pjc50]

> if your license is cancelled by legal means

This basically never happens to private individuals - the license enforcement focuses on getting you to pay for it instead. The data in any case remains yours and you can theoretically lift it off the drive (or your backups!) with FOSS.

In the very unlikely event of getting raided for copyright infringement, they'll take all your hardware and sort it out later.

(Of course the whole thing is a tremendous anti-advert for bitcoin if it can't be safely used on normal computer systems...)

[abdullahkhalids]

I did not say that the linked article is making a sound argument. I agree with you that even with a non-FOSS OS, you can set things up that cancellation of the license does not make you lose your keys. I was merely annoyed by the strawmanning.