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by pc86
1490 days ago
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For the same reason "finders keepers" isn't codified law. By that logic, nobody is allowed to controls the means by which their software is run. You don't get to decide if people have to pay you, or if people have to have your permission first, or if they're allowed to (legally) copy it, etc. |
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As far as I know, this is true.
> You don't get to decide if people have to pay you,
No law says I have to, AFAIK.
> or if people have to have your permission first
There’s no law I know which gives authors this right of deciding whether anyone has the right to run the software.
> or if they're allowed to (legally) copy it, etc.
Copying is regulated by copyright law. But once I have acquired a copy, what law disallows me from running that copy however I want?