[Lazarus] software licence question - deceased author

[Hans-Peter Diettrich]

Marco van de Voort schrieb:
> 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
> 
> Reading this I wonder how "heirs" are defined in this context.
> Do cousins count? Second cousins? Third
> degree cousins?

I think that heritage is a legal act in every country, with fixed rules.
Unless stated otherwise by the law, the author is free to nominate the 
heir of his work.

DoDi