Derek Psion will give us the source code, that isn't the problem. They say they have "mothballed" it and it is not accessible. They said we could have a copy if ever they exhumed it. I think they have forgotten where they put it.
John. On 6 Nov 2005, at 10:32, Derek Stewart wrote: > JOhn, > > Can Quanta not buy the source code to the Psion programs, then get a > team of programs to to update the applications to modern standards. > Then > sell the new software to recover the cost of the source code purchase. > > Derek > > John Taylor wrote: >> How is copyright applied when it belongs to a corporate identity, eg. >> Psion or Microsoft? >> My spell checker accepts Microsoft, but it doesn't accept Unix. I >> wonder why? >> >> John Taylor. >> >> >> On 5 Nov 2005, at 23:34, Colin Parsons wrote: >> >>>> John Taylor wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Geoff >>>>> >>>>> Quanta approached Psion years ago and they raised no objections. >>>>> They regretted that they were unable to help as the source code >>>>> had >>>>> been mothballed, but if ever they had recourse to it they assured >>>>> Quanta that they would let us have a copy. >>>>> We were talking, if I remember correctly, about the XChange suite >>>>> and >>>>> not just Quill, though the enquiry centred on Quill. >>>>> Patents have a limited life, it is a pity copyright doesn't too. >>>> >>>> AFAIK, copyright does have a limited life: it used to be/is >>>> something like >>>> author.death+50 years. However, in the world of software, >that is >>>> effectively limitless. >>>> >>> >>> Thanks to the EEC it is now Author Life + 70 years >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Colin >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> QL-Users Mailing List >>> http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> QL-Users Mailing List >> http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm >> >> > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
