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No, 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 ago
  If 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 ago
    Hypothetically, 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 ago
      They 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 ago
        It would be interesting to see that legal theory tested in court.