Re: Source Code for OS?

["Simon Biber" <simon@basilisk2.cjb.net>]

> The whole point of these nearly endless discussions is
> that in some cases moral and legal do not directly correspond.
> There are moral things that are illegal, and legal things that
> are immoral.  In the case of copying software that does
> not nor will have any possible commercial potential
> for the remaining life of the copyright, there is no actual
> harm that is taking place, (the author is not losing any money)
> thus without harm, wrong can not exist.  There will never
> again be any commercial potential for Apple Dos 3.3
> software, the current stuff is hundreds fold more
> functional. I myself would much rather buy the real
> thing, but, making sure that every last copy is deleted
> to merely to comply with the letter-of-the-law, is
> absurd...

Don't you think it is the author who has the sole responsibility to make the
judgement that their work does not and will not have any possible commercial
potential for the remaining life of the copyright?

Simon.