Hmmm just a thought - should the licence include a clause along the following lines:
- Any changes additions or modifications to SMSQ/E (whether commercial or not) must be sent to the registrar together with the source code together with instructions as to whether they are to be included as part of the Original Source or the Binaries subject to the overall proviso that if the author of such changes additions or modifications cannot be contacted by the registrar for a period of at least 6 months, such changes additions or modifications shall be deemed to be part of the official distribution and the sources shall became part of the Original Source.
This should overcome problems of where an author disappears and support for their code would otherwise be lost...
Comments??
Rich Mellor
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