[Lazarus] software licence question - deceased author

Joost van der Sluis joost at cnoc.nl
Thu Feb 24 11:46:17 CET 2011


On Thu, 2011-02-24 at 11:16 +0100, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho wrote:
> It depends on the country, check this list:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries'_copyright_length
> 
> The usual answer is: No, you need to wait 50 or 70 years more.

So if the author released under the MPL, it will stay MPL. At least for
50 years... (Then it will become public domain, or the rules that in
your country)

Joost.





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