21 Aug
2015
21 Aug
'15
4:58 p.m.
So what is the lifetime of a software copyright ?
On 21/08/2015 17:25, Mouse wrote:
What Johnny said, essentially: it's where
I fall on the tradeoff
between copyright violation and risk of loss. (For some things. Where
I fall on that spectrum varies from case to case, as I outlined, all
the way from things like currently-live commercial licensed binary-only
software, which I don't tolerate on my machines, to things like
software I wrote and released to the public domain, which of course I
have no question about keeping around.)
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There is also - to me! - a difference between
something like ripping
off a manual and redistributing it [and] keeping a private archive
of such things, to make sure the information is not [lost]
Why private? More risk
of loss if it isn't distributed.