The holy faith of reformed samaritanism

Who owns Torah (God’s Law)? 
Reformed Samaritanism teaches that the Creator never intended Torah to become a sort of “religious 
franchise”; where those falsely perceived to be it’s legitimate owners would try to “license” its operations 
(deciding who could, and who couldn’t follow Torah) in exchange for “a franchise fee” (unconditional 
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support for the Jewish establishment?). 
And from whence do we know this? We know it from the fact that Torah wasn’t given only to Israelites, but 
also to the mixed multitude [from all nations] that accompanied Israel in it’s journey out of Egypt (“And the 
children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, 
beside children. AND A MIXED MULTITUDE WENT UP ALSO WITH THEM”- Exodus 12:37-38, KJB). 
In addition, notice how Torah was given neither in the land of Egypt nor in the land of Israel. Why? In order 
to prevent both Israelites and non-Israelites from claiming ownership of it. 
Truth be told, Torah can't be treated as a private business Franchise... neither can we apply to it the secular 
concept of "intellectual property rights". Why? Simply because God's Law (Torah) doesn't belong to any 
human being; Rather, it belongs to the Almighty (blessed be He). Whence do we know? From the verse that 
goes on to say: “... and the people shall go out, and gather that that is sufficient for every day, that I may 
prove them, WHETHER THEY WILL WALK IN MY LAW (TORAH) OR NO”- Exodus 16:4 (1599 Geneva
Bible). Besides, Why was Torah given in the wilderness? In order to teach that, just as the wilderness 
belonged to no particular person or nation (as anybody could get into it, and take as much sand as he 
wanted), so would it be with Torah-- it didn’t belong to any particular person (or nation), as anyone could get
into it, and take as much of it’s content as he wished.