Referes to “licensees” all others can do as the please
Not so. Ham bands are limited to licensed ham operators. Operating on ham bands in any way, without a proper license, unless life or property is in imminent danger is illegal. You can buy your Baofeng and listen all you want. You just can't legally transmit.
re: “Referes to “licensees” all others can do as the please”
Notice: No mention of cellphones, or two-way paging devices, sat-phones or smoke signals either ...