I think its more that if the owners of software respected you at all they would not be trying to sell it you in a proprietary form to begin with. It should be n

I think its more that if the owners of software respected you at all they would not be trying to sell it you in a proprietary form to begin with. It should be no surprise that those trying to exploit and abuse copyright in an era when it makes no sense don't respect you just because you participated in the scam.