JOhn, Can Quanta not buy the source code to the Psion programs, then get a team of programs to to update the applications to modern standards. Then sell the new software to recover the cost of the source code purchase.
Derek John Taylor wrote: > How is copyright applied when it belongs to a corporate identity, eg. > Psion or Microsoft? > My spell checker accepts Microsoft, but it doesn't accept Unix. I > wonder why? > > John Taylor. > > > On 5 Nov 2005, at 23:34, Colin Parsons wrote: > >>>John Taylor wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Geoff >>>> >>>>Quanta approached Psion years ago and they raised no objections. >>>>They regretted that they were unable to help as the source code had >>>>been mothballed, but if ever they had recourse to it they assured >>>>Quanta that they would let us have a copy. >>>>We were talking, if I remember correctly, about the XChange suite >>>>and >>>>not just Quill, though the enquiry centred on Quill. >>>>Patents have a limited life, it is a pity copyright doesn't too. >>> >>>AFAIK, copyright does have a limited life: it used to be/is >>>something like >>>author.death+50 years. However, in the world of software, >that is >>>effectively limitless. >>> >> >>Thanks to the EEC it is now Author Life + 70 years >> >>Cheers >> >>Colin >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>QL-Users Mailing List >>http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > > _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
