30 Mar
2016
30 Mar
'16
10:33 a.m.
On 3/30/2016 10:58 AM, Fred Cisin wrote:
They define "abandonware" as:
"In order for a piece of software to be abandonware, it must, as a
general guideline:
Be over 7 years old.
Be out of support by the manufacturer.
Be mostly out of use by the general populace (abandoned)"
So, if you are a software author, if you won't SUPPORT stuff that you
did over 7 years ago, they believe that they have a right to distribute it?
Copyright law does NOT take ownership away from you, and permit others
ot distribute it without compensation, based on refusal to continue to
market or support your previous versions and products.
All this time, I thought that you had to be DEAD before they could take
your work.
Dead ... That is Easy in the USA.
Software can be re-written, now hardware DOC's are the problem.
I pirate books because the places that sell or print or loan
books believe anything after 3 years with computers is totally useless.
FPGA's after 2 years are to be scrapped. Spent the last few days
looking for a Oberon FPGA board,only 1 supplier has product.
Ben.