I agree. Anyone should be allowed to repair, tinker with and modify anything they own - at their own risk. When it comes to software, that's only possible to d

I agree. Anyone should be allowed to repair, tinker with and modify anything they own - at their own risk. When it comes to software, that's only possible to do with open source. With closed source you're only ever buying a perpetual usage license. (Unless you are a company buying out another company or it's assets, that is). It's complicated, because software and digital data is inherently different from physical goods - and all those concepts of "selling" a "copy" are just rather ramshackle attempts at making digital goods compatible with laws designed for physical goods.