[Info-vax] Licenses on VAX/VMS 4.0/4.1 source code listing scans

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/9/2021 9:27 AM, Andreas Eder wrote:
> On Do 09 Dez 2021 at 08:22, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 12/9/21 2:13 AM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>>> In article <sos4b8$jrb$1 at inf1.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>, Joerg Hoppe
>>> <j_hoppe at t-online.de> writes:
>>> Legally, there is no such thing as abandonware.
>>
>> That is, actually, quite true although many people (including some
>> here, based on comments I have seen) refuse to accept it.
> 
> I think that very much depends on where you are located, under which
> jurisdiction.

True.

But it does not exist in places like the US and EU.

(the closest is that EU allows "cultural heritage institutions"
to use registered orphan work of books, film and music)

But there are around 200 countries in the world and some may have
a more relaxed attitude towards copyright.

Arne