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No, only the outputs of the software are provided. The software remains wholly within the confines of the computer executing it.

There's a clear distinction between sending someone a file that represents computer software (source or object code) (a product) and sending someone the output of a calculation you have been requested to perform (a service).



> There's a clear distinction between ...

The distinction is meaningless to the user in the example your parent cites.




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