Would you like to elaborate, if you disagree with my statement? Of course it was very shortened, because the point of my post was an entirely different one.

If you want a longer version: open source software under the normal licenses give you irrevocable rights to use it, as it is open source, you can also administrate it. You have full control over it. That was the core of my statement. Additionally, European authors are major contributors to many of this software. So in what exactly do you disagree with me?