Sony's unsolicited EULA email tells PlayStation users their digital games are licensed, not owned, arriving just as the #PSBlackout boycott kicks off.

The relevant section is blunt. “The Software is licensed to you, not sold,” the EULA states. “You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and personal license to play or use the Software for your private, non-commercial use on the system or device it was intended for.”

The terms also restrict renting, modifying, or obtaining games through unauthorised means. Nothing in there is new, technically. Sony’s EULA has always said this. The timing is what makes it land differently right now.

  • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
    32·
    17 days ago

    It’s in the EULA for every piece of software, including physical.

    *laughs in open source*

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      17 days ago

      The Service provides users of Ubuntu with a free subscription to use the Service on up to five physical Ubuntu systems with unlimited number of VMs or containers for the eligible Ubuntu LTS versions as designated by Canonical.

      https://canonical.com/legal/ubuntu-pro/personal

      Why would you assume to own software if you don’t even pay to use it?

      You can do a bullshit fork and then sell it, but if you owned it you could sell the exact same code with zero changes

      To prove your point you’d need that example: an open source program that you can sell for profit with zero changes.

      • olympicyes@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        16 days ago

        That’s just Ubuntu Pro and it’s basically longer term kernel maintenance plus applies to the universe repo not just main. The only extra functionality is the ability to live patch the kernel. The base install works fine as is but some businesses require the extended support.

        • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
          23·
          16 days ago

          By all means, find me a single example of software you actually own…

          Because that’s waaaaaaaaay fucking easier than me listing every open source eula one by one

      • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
        13·
        17 days ago

        You can do a bullshit fork and then sell it, but if you owned it you could sell the exact same code with zero changes

        To prove your point you’d need that example: an open source program that you can sell for profit with zero changes.

        You can, though? If you find someone stupid enough to buy it, that is.

        All you have to do is change the name and remove any trademarked branding from it.

        • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
          13·
          17 days ago

          All you have to do is change the name and remove any trademarked branding from it.

          So…

          They have to change it to legally sell it?

          Then they didn’t own it.

          Although, I guess thanks for explaining what a “bullshit fork” is, I thought that wouldn’t need explaining on here to be honest

          • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
            1·
            15 days ago

            Here is an easier one with FOSS you could just do whatever you want on the repo. Which is not true as the maintainer manages it.