• partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      It feels like they’re using the definition/use case of software licensing and applying it to motor vehicles. As in, “If I have to get a license from you, then you are the owner and I am just the licensee”.

      Its a bonkers misapplication of the word, but that never stops a Sovcit.

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        9 months ago

        actually, that usage makes sense if you realize that you’re licensing the roads, not the car.

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            9 months ago

            Oh I’m not defending the Sovcit in the slightest. I’m just pointing out that the license still works in the same way as a software license, but the license is for the roads.