I do tell companies whose products are subject to resale that they need to keep source online long-term.
But we can't keep them from going out of business, and we can't protect ourselves from various kinds of ignorance and worse. So, it is a good idea for an archive to be operated of all redistributable source we can find. Ralph Corderoy <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi, > >Bruce Perens wrote: >> If they implement the process I explained in the previous email on >> this topic, all parties can be in compliance. > >Unlike many bits of shiny technical equipment, a car still has a useful >life after three years and can be re-sold on. If I acquire a >four-year-old Cadillac, the "at least three years" requirement of 3(b) >would have been met and I might not be able to obtain source. > >Given software's spread into longer-living commodities, some form of >archiving seems to keep popping up as a future need. > >Cheers, Ralph. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
