Software and Copyright
Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 5:42 pm
How long does copyright on software last for?
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Re: Software and Copyright
Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 6:22 pm
Depends on the jurisdiction. If memory serves, in the States copyright protections last the life of the author plus 70 years.
Re: Software and Copyright
Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 8:35 pm
Well, I know that everyone will want my software in 2121; but I wonder how they will get it to work.the life of the author plus 70 years.
Re: Software and Copyright
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 5:33 pm
Easy. They'll just launch LiveCode 109.6.2.
Still buggy, but it'll support flying cars.
Still buggy, but it'll support flying cars.
Re: Software and Copyright
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 6:47 pm
When I was 10 (in 1972) our schoolteacher piously informed us that when we were about 35flying cars
we'd all be moving around in flying cars . . . 24 years after I was 35 I am still waiting . . .
Needless to say, there is a unit churning out the same utter crap in one of the EFL books I use.
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Nasty dig: but, especially considering current events, probably entirely accurate.Still buggy
Re: Software and Copyright
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 7:58 pm
Heh. You think fender benders are bad now, wait till they start flying.