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> Did they expect that they would allow folks to check out other software like Photoshop at the Library? Ominous-they would really like to disallow it. But yes
by Spivak 2y ago
> Did they expect that they would allow folks to check out other software like Photoshop at the Library?
Ominous-they would really like to disallow it. But yes, of course you should. When you get a license key that's a seat. Commercial software has been making this work forever with license servers.
Like this isn't some crazy mental model. When you buy an iPhone you bought the hardware and one indefinite transferable license to run iOS. How else should software ownership work?
- jonhohle 2y agoLicensing is different from fair use and copyright. The games the original article is describing had no license and were only protected by copyright (no different than a book or movie). Licenses can both permit and restrict things that copyright and fair use allow or don’t allow.