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> Using software is not one of the exclusive rights of Copyright holders. To the best of my (admittedly limited) knowledge, no court has yet denied the long-st

> Using software is not one of the exclusive rights of Copyright holders. To the best of my (admittedly limited) knowledge, no court has yet denied the long-standing presumption that, because a program needs to be copied into memory to be used, a license is required. This is, AFAIK, the basis for non-SaaS software EULAs. If there was no legal barrier to you using software that you had purchased, the company would have no grounds upon which to predicate further restrictions.

hackingonempty 1y ago
It is codified in 17 USC 117. There is no legal barrier to using a legit copy of software. That is why software companies try to force you to agree to a contract limiting your rights.
dragonwriter 1y ago
> To the best of my (admittedly limited) knowledge, no court has yet denied the long-standing presumption that, because a program needs to be copied into memory to be used, a license is required. This was specifically validated by the 9th Circuit in 1993 (and implicitly endorsed by Congress subsequently adopting a narrow exception for software that is run automatically when turning on a computer, copied into memory in the course of turning on the computer as part of computer repair.)