Register

When you buy software, you then own it and can do anything you’d like with it, including giving it to friends to install on their machines?

When you buy software, you then own it and can do anything you’d like with it, including giving it to friends to install on their machines?
30.3k views
5 votes
When you buy software, you then own it and can do anything you’d like with it, including giving it to friends to install on their machines?

User Marcel Blanck
by
8.3k points

1 Answer

5 votes
No. When you purchase software, it is usually distributed under a license that only lets you do certain things with it. It is usually only for personal use, but other times the manufacturers of the software will allow you to freely redistribute it.
User Eugene Goldberg
by
8.0k points
← Prev Question Next Question →

No related questions found

Ask a Question
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.

9.4m questions

12.2m answers

Categories

Other Questions

“What does it mean when we “rework” copyrighted material?”
The book shows how to add and subtract binary and decimal numbers. However, other numbering systems are also very popular when dealing with computers. The octal (base 8) numbering system is one of these.
Seven basic internal components found in a computer tower
Link Copied!