No owner of the Dhamma?

Surely a convention-philosophy conflicting question: One sad "There's no owner for this Dhamma." Can this be related to the Buddhas words as they are known from the Sublime Canon, or is it told different, or both, or neither? If there is an owner of the Dhamma, what makes them rightly recognized as such? *[Note: This question is not given for trade, exchange or whatever wordily gain and bondage]*