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- Path: Jane.UH.EDU!ST7WO
- From: st7wo@Jane.UH.EDU
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
- Subject: Re: Sunrize Dead. PD!?
- Date: 24 Jan 1996 06:23:45 GMT
- Organization: University of Houston
- Message-ID: <4e4j9h$4va@masala.cc.uh.edu>
- References: <4dkrhj$1s9@masala.cc.uh.edu>,<4dom5n$pj8@ra.isisnet.com> <4dur2e$2ik@masala.cc.uh.edu>,<149865@cup.portal.com>
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- In article <149865@cup.portal.com>, Harv@cup.portal.com (Harv R Laser) writes:
- >>In article <4dom5n$pj8@ra.isisnet.com>, aj592@ccn.cs.dal.ca (Paul McLeod) writ
- >e
- >>s:
- >>>st7wo@Jane.UH.EDU wrote:
- >>>: Since Sunrize is gone does that mean that their software is PD???
- >>>: If so, could anyone be ind enough to give me a copy of the STudio 16 SMPTE
- >>>: generator/output package????
- >>>
- >>>
- >>>: Steve
- >>>
- >>>--
- >>>
- >>>In a word... NO.
- >>>
- >>>Paul
- >>>
- >>
- >>No, What?
- >
- >No, just because the co. went out of business (or into hibernation,
- >or the aliens took them away or whatever) doesn't mean their software
- >has magically lept into the Public Domain. Where do people get
-
- Sorry, if my original post implied complete ignorance.
-
- >this notion anyway? I see it over and over on the net. "Hey,
- >MumbleCo. closed their doors.. why doesn't someone upload all their
- >software to Aminet?"
-
- I'm no expert on copyright laws; but it seemed plausible to me... My line
- of thought: A corporation goes bankrupt/dies. All the crap left over is
- handled in court. Everything goes to creditors/stockholders. Anything could
- then happen, as i see it. They could release all the copyrights/etc into PD
- , or just sit on 'em.... And with a useless apathetic Co. like sunrize i
- really don't know... (They could at least left us some source code)
-
- >Unless whoever owns the copyright to the program chooses to release
- >the software for free, they still own it. Even if you can't reach them.
-
- Exactly, they could choose to release the software for free. You just said
- it..
-
- >Even if their offices are closed and they're sipping Pina Coladas
- >on the French Riviera.
- >
- >Harv | "Do you recognize the
- >harv@cup.portal.com | Bell of Truth when you
- >http://www.portal.com/~harv | hear it ring?"
- >hlaser@eworld.com <--- Newton mail only! | - Leon Russell
-