OK--so this is a little offtopic, but if we do not buy this software, but merely license it, then what about the money we pay to the retail stores to purchase it? They obviously pay the software vendor for the copies they sell. Do they merely license it, also? Does this mean that softwar companies are double-dipping when it comes to charges "licenses"?
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OK--so this is a little offtopic, but if we do not buy this software, but merely license it, then what about the money we pay to the retail stores to purchase it? They obviously pay the software vendor for the copies they sell. Do they merely license it, also? Does this mean that softwar companies are double-dipping when it comes to charges "licenses"?