Timeline for How did software copyright work in the US before 1978? [closed]
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| Sep 5, 2023 at 0:10 | comment | added | paxdiablo |
@MadHatter, I was one of the voters that "threw it back" though my intent was much less "violent" than that :-) I suspect that, given it's at its core a legal question, it may be better off over at law.stackexchange.com. There are already quite a few questions with the software and copyright tags, including possibly two in the following query that may cause this one closed as a dupe: law.stackexchange.com/search?q=software+copyright+1978
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| Sep 4, 2023 at 12:22 | comment | added | MadHatter♦ | I did, but they've thrown it back. At the moment, it's not at all clear to me where it might go. | |
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| S Aug 31, 2023 at 19:00 | history | migrated |
Martin_in_AUT planetmaker MadHatter♦ |
to retrocomputing.stackexchange.com | |
| S Aug 31, 2023 at 19:00 | history | locked | CommunityBot | ||
| S Aug 31, 2023 at 19:00 | history | closed |
Martin_in_AUT planetmaker MadHatter♦ |
Not suitable for this site | |
| Aug 31, 2023 at 18:55 | comment | added | David Given | Can a mod move this question, or should I repost (I ask because SO frequently gets shirty about reposts)? | |
| Aug 31, 2023 at 18:44 | comment | added | MadHatter♦ | Then you might want to ask on retrocomputing.stackexchange.com , where I notice you're active. | |
| Aug 31, 2023 at 17:47 | comment | added | David Given | I disagree on both counts. Making software available in the public domain absolutely relates to open source. And there's plenty of pre-1978 software around, a lot of which is vanishing without trace due to unclear rights issues, and some of it's still being used today: I have one work from 1976 in mind which is widely used in the retrocomputing community, and I'm trying to find out if this is legal or not. | |
| Aug 31, 2023 at 16:56 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Aug 31, 2023 at 16:36 | comment | added | Martin_in_AUT | I’m voting to close this question because the question does not relate to Open Source Software (even though the OP tries to create a connection). It relates to copyright law and should be answered by Law SE or a historian. Furthermore, due to the fast developments in IT, it is unlikely that pre-1978 software has any impact on current OSS projects. | |
| Aug 31, 2023 at 15:43 | history | asked | David Given | CC BY-SA 4.0 |