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It'll be up to the estate of the rights holder, and they are less likely to understand the nuances of open source licensing.
by snerbles 5y ago
It'll be up to the estate of the rights holder, and they are less likely to understand the nuances of open source licensing.
- fragmede 5y agoYes. In the 'reverts to copyright' view of GPL, the estate gets full rights and can proceed however they wish. Which, thanks to the Mouse Corporation, is a long time. > Copyright protection generally lasts for 70 years after the death of the author. If the work was a "work for hire", then copyright persists for 120 years after creation or 95 years after publication, whichever is shorter. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_United_St...]