On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 09:47:22AM +0100, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > Someone just asked me permission to move to a 3-clause BSD > copyright some piece of software that I haven't touched in 10+ years. > > I said yes, but then I was wondering what happens if the > person listed is not responding or not reachable anymore: > does copyright on source code expire, and if so, when ?
Yes, it will expire eventually, after a long time. The exact length of copyright can vary a bit between different countries, but in most places nowadays I think it is 'life of author plus 70 years' > (I suppose it is related to either the date listed on the copyright, > or to the date of some remarkable event for the author). > -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson [email protected] _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
