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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
This is actually not a new debate.
Been gong on for a while now.
JD, or anyone for that matter, can sell you a tractor while licensing you the software that runs it.
Run down to Best Buy, pick up a new computer.
Do you now own the the operating system or did you purchase a piece of hardware with a license to use the OS?
It's the later.
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Even running Linux you are still working under the terms of a license. It just happens to be a license that grants you freedoms instead of restricting you further.