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AdamantAshlander · 3229 days ago · link · · parent · post: Because computer code snakes through the DNA of modern tractors, farmers receive “an implied license for the life of the vehicle to operate the vehicle.”
This kind of thing is exactly why the free software movement is so important. People look at free software advocates like they're crazy (and to be fair RMS might be but that's beside the point), but the point of free software is to avoid exactly this kind of mess, where producers can claim ownership of things that we've purchased wholesale in the name of "licensing." Seriously, this kind of business practice is a problem.
SirCrankyPants · 3228 days ago · link ·
The biggest problem to me is the inability to utilise other software instead of the proprietry software already installed. I don't take too much issue with the idea of copyrighting software, but i also dislike the copyright being used in situations like this.