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

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 12/9/21 9:47 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 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.
> 

That's true.  I am sure if you could find a website in
Somalia they would be glad to host content that was
illegal in the civilized world.  :-)

bill