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(Max-depth, reply to Vrodni in sister comment) > if something is abandoned by a company, then it should be made open Totally agree! Once you start selling a p
by feoren 5y ago
(Max-depth, reply to Vrodni in sister comment)
> if something is abandoned by a company, then it should be made open
Totally agree! Once you start selling a product, you should be required to make provisions for your company not existing anymore. Source-code trusts that have the authority to make code public domain or provide it to stakeholders in certain situations, when it can be shown the current IP-holder is not meeting their obligations, would be a great idea. This does not interfere with the interests of active, good-faith copyright holders, except perhaps by charging them a small fee to the trust.
>User repair-ability/unlocking/jail-breaking of devices should be legally protected.
Totally agree! That is what "right to repair" is referring to.
There are ways to solve these problems, and banning copyright on software isn't really even one of them.