@Anonymous that's the problem, you cannot look at it another way, and Autodesk software as you licensed it was never open-source.

Weird, huh.

Here is an interesting read that affects North America and software companies that reside within that jurisdiction for example https://www.revenera.com/blog/software-monetization/ownership-of-the-software-license-what-does-it-mean-for-software-pricing/
Help yourself to other articles out there on the web (just make sure you understand the source providing them).