pruning "dead" licenses

Michael Tiemann tiemann at redhat.com
Mon Dec 13 15:10:55 UTC 2004


I like it, too.

M

On Mon, 2004-12-13 at 09:31, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> Russell Nelson <nelson at crynwr.com>:
> > I got to thinking the other day that we really ought to be pruning
> > "dead" licenses from the list.  The principle seems correct, since the
> > underlying intellectual property right expires as well: copyright
> > after a gazillion years[1], patents after twenty years, and trademarks
> > after you stop defending them.
> 
> I approve of this idea.




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