[Simh] ka655/ka655x + copyright/licensing issues
Rich Alderson
simh at alderson.users.panix.com
Wed Aug 29 15:00:25 EDT 2007
> From: Peter Lund <firefly at vax64.dk>
> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:16:55 +0200
> Absolutely. They are a far cry from the lines Franklin (as a writer and
> former printer's apprentice) got into the constitution:
> "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for
> limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their
> respective Writings and Discoveries."
> This used to be interpreted as 14 (fourteen) years + a possible 14-year
> extension...
14 years is patents, which used to be non-extensible. Copyrights used to be 28
years with possible extension for an additional 28.
Rich Alderson
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