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Date:      Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:47:22 +0100
From:      Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it>
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   does Copyright on source files expire ?
Message-ID:  <20090325084722.GC98685@onelab2.iet.unipi.it>

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Someone just asked me permission to move to a 3-clause BSD
copyright some piece of software that I haven't touched in 10+ years.

I said yes, but then I was wondering what happens if the
person listed is not responding or not reachable anymore:
does copyright on source code expire, and if so, when ?
(I suppose it is related to either the date listed on the copyright,
or to the date of some remarkable event for the author).

	cheers
	luigi




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