Re: Software to become freeware after x years ?

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From: bern
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 00:00

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me again:
lets take this further how bout any source code from anyone
i am very new to c++ i find the " example " code in books ,well,dumb,
ive done most of my learning from "real" code anyone with anything
feel free to send it my way.

Geert Poels wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I would like to hear some opinions on the following :
>
> To avoid that certain(all ?) softwares would "disappear" after x years,
> wouldn't it be nice/handy/... that this software becomes freeware after
> x years.  Software companies keep the copyrights of course.
>
> After their initial release a lot of softwares will never be sold
> anymore
> and most likely neither be available in any shop.
>
> For what purpose could one ask ?
> Nostalgia ?  A bit I guess; the software will most likely not be of any
> real use anymore.
> It would, on the other hand, be a true gesture if also the source code
> was released.
>
> Geert

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Date: 1998/03/15
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