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Do you own the software you buy?

Published: 01 March 2011 Publication History

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Examining the fine print concerning your rights in your copies of purchased software.

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 54, Issue 3
March 2011
116 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/1897852
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Published: 01 March 2011
Published in CACM Volume 54, Issue 3

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