On 5/24/2006 at 9:33 PM Gene Buckle wrote:
I've noticed that the Bitsavers archive doesn't
have _any_
Heathkit documentation. Why is that?
Given that we're asking "why", I was wondering about the state of things
that clearly weren't public domain or shareware and placing them in a
public archive.
For example, I've got a few CD's from an outfit called i-Mode, called
"Developer Source"--basically a compendium of source code from a whole mess
of computer magazines. I take it that said source is still under copyright
and must be squirreled away until about 2080. Am I right? Will the CD
last that long? Will there still be CD readers in 2080?
How about some of the old subscription disk publications, like Big Blue
Disk? Fair game to publicly archive or not?
That GW-BASIC manual as well as several other publications would still be
under copyright--has Microsoft given its consent to republish old manuals?
Cheers,
Chuck