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		dragonwriter on Jan 4, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: I completed shipping my desktop app > I expect to own it outright Unless you are the legal creator or buy the copyright, you never own software outright, you license it from the owner (or its public domain and has no owner.)

layer8 on Jan 4, 2025 | [–]

At least in Europe, you do own the copy of the software you bought. The first-sale doctrine applies.

https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/201...

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