Why do we not own our software and only own the ‘license’ to use the software?

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Like I don’t understand why this even became a thing and who even thought of it?

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Legally, there’s a difference between the thing, and what you buy.

Take movies for example. When you buy physical media, you don’t own the movie. You have bought a perpetual transferable license to play that film. The film is still owned by the rights holders.

Code is the same way. All the intellectual property is still owned by someone else.

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