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>> Have you contacted Wind River Systems about it yet? You really need permission from them to make this happen. If they own the copyright, then that's the fir
by phkahler 5y ago
>> Have you contacted Wind River Systems about it yet? You really need permission from them to make this happen.
If they own the copyright, then that's the first thing to do. Not because permission is more important, but because it's more likely to lead to "we don't even have the source any more, let us know if you find it" than if you approach them having a copy yourself already. I think your position will be stronger if you discover they don't even have a copy. If they do, then you don't need to find a copy yourself - they can provide it if they give you permission to do what you want.
- mikewarot 5y agoCopyright law is involved, they have it, you don't. If they say no, the project is dead.
- jll29 5y agoNo, but it means you will need to wait: https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-duration.html https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-duration.html
- rvnx 5y agoIf the copyright holder has lost the source-code, wouldn't they just say no anyway ? Because if the copyright holder has lost the original source-code, how can they prove that there is a copyright infringement ? A lawyer would probably advise to just say no to stay on the safe side :/
- gkop 5y agoHypothetically, they could prove infringement by presenting a hash or a trusted timestamp of the source-code. But maybe they’ll be lucky and the code will have intact copyright headers!
- kazinator 5y agoThey have nothing: they lost the code. So no hashes or copyright headers. If you find the source somewhere, and nobody else does, you're the only posssessor of the copyright headers, and can scrub them from any copy you show to anyone else.
- mikewarot 5y agoIt would be interesting to see that legal theory tested in court.
- phkahler 5y agoSure, they hold the copyright. What I question is weather they have the code. Both are needed to do anything with it. If they dont have the code its beneficial to find that out - then if/when someone finds a copy you've got half of what's needed, and that's bargaining power. This is all rather petty for some obsolete software, but never underestimate a company response to interest in something they thought had no value.