What happens when the copyright expires ?

[Don Jarrell]

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From: Lawrence E. Rosen 

> Fear not, they won't stop being open source.  

> /Larry Rosen

Please explain.  If copyright expiration ends proprietary
license terms, why does it not end open source license terms ?
Aren't both based in the same right to determine distribution 
terms for an original work as provided by the same Copyright Act ?


Cheers.     dj 

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