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- From: Harv@cup.portal.com (Harv R Laser)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
- Subject: Re: Sunrize Dead. PD!?
- Date: 24 Jan 1996 12:00:03 -0800
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- >
- >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..
- >
- Well, I consider myself fairly well-connected as an Amiga User and
- online Sysop and I've seen nothing posted anywhere that would indicate
- that Sunrize has released their software to public domain.
-
- I could easily be wrong, and perhaps they have, but I don't think
- so.
-
- I'd have to see either a press release issued by them, or by a
- bank or creditor who owns the property saying so before I'd
- be likely to believe it.
-
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