It's been a constant legal fight since corporations saw the possibility to remove ownership... but AFAIK perpetual licenses are still considered to be goods and therefor falls under the same ownership as physical goods in most contries...SoftSynthLover99 wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 3:00 pm Also, a perpetual license doesn’t mean you “own” the software.
https://linustechtips.com/topic/953835- ... ropaganda/
" Despite the confusion suggested by the US' lower court rulings on software, the US, likewise to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, France, and I think the rest of the Western world, is signatory to the Nice Agreement, which is a multinational treaty that contains the International Classification of Goods and Services (also known as the Nice Classification) which puts the classification of goods and services for those countries under the jurisdiction and authority of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The World Intellectual Property Organization classifies all forms of software as Class 9 goods, including:
090829 - computer game software, downloadable
090670 - computer game software, recorded
090589 - computer operating programs, recorded
090658 - computer programs, downloadable
090373 - computer programs, recorded
090802 - computer screen saver software, recorded or downloadable
090717 - computer software applications, downloadable
090791 - computer software platforms, recorded or downloadable
090591 - computer software, recorded
Correspondingly, the US Patent and Trademark Office also classifies all software as goods. "
Well how about you can still run Camel Audio if you have the hardware setup that support it, try doing that several years later with a subscription that works the way Roland Coud does.SoftSynthLover99 wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 3:00 pm You just have a license to use it. So if a company decides to sell itself (Camel Audio for example) what good is your perpetual license?
