On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote:
> > > On 9/19/14 10:29 AM, "Erik de Bruin" <e...@ixsoftware.nl> wrote: > > >The name Velo came up, so it¹s safe to say that it¹s been many years. And > >the internet is not a "remote gallery² (but I like your analogy, it¹s a > >clever trick ;-)). > I can't speak for my fellow Adobe colleagues, but Maven Central was > effectively a remote gallery to me. I had no idea it existed and you > could get stuff from there. > > >They have been freely available to the only interested > >audience, so it¹s fair to conclude that the entire public has had access > >for a long time -> public domain. > A quick internet search indicated that "prolonged period" is 95 years > before copyright protection runs out and works go into the public domain. > Do you know it to be different for software? > > Before this discussion veers further into weirder territory, what is the best way to move forward? If Velo had an official permit from Adobe, is that not good enough for us, regardless of what happened internally at Adobe? Or can we get Adobe to upload a version of those files themselves into Maven Central? They are already available for download publicly. All their licenses would remain intact. I see that there are some PDF, Acrobat and Day jars already on Maven, so this must not be a new concept for their legal team, I am guessing. Thanks, Om > -Alex > >
