[Lazarus] software licence question - deceased author

[Marco van de Voort]

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 01:45:47PM +0100, Jos? Mejuto wrote:
> MvdV> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 09:54:08AM +0100, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho wrote:
> >> 2011/2/24 Fl?vio Etrusco <flavio.etrusco at gmail.com>:
> >> > IIRC (at least) on US law only the copyright holder can file an
> >> > infrigent lawsuit,
> >> In Brazil too
> MvdV> Reading this I wonder how "heirs" are defined in this context.
> MvdV> Do cousins count? Second cousins? Third
> MvdV> degree cousins?
> 
> And, by default, finally the government.

If it is not a first order relative (siblings, parents, children), then
afaik there is already a 30 or 40% tax here.