In my opinion such a system would be very complicated, and a nuisance for software authors every time they create a program. Also, I think free software licenses are working pretty well right now, so I think we shouldn't force privative software authors to release their code: they are already starting to lose ground.<br>
<br>So we should take care that our copyright reforms don't touch the legality of free software licenses. For example, if we unregulate every non profit use of copyrighted works, people would be able to use GPL code to release privative non profit software, even before the 5 or 15 or 20 years of granted monopoly on for profit use of authors' works.<br>
<br>Here in Spain it's legal to download movies and music if it' non profit, but it' illegal to download privative software. Perhaps we also should make a distinction between software and other copyrighted works, and more precisely between software code and other copyrighted works.<br>
<br>Or perhaps we shouldn't differentiate them, what do you people think?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Pasi Palmulehto <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:scoffer@kofeiini.riippuvuus.net">scoffer@kofeiini.riippuvuus.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">> I want to ask something: Should all software be, by law, free<br>
> software? Or should authors at least release the code after a certain<br>
> period of time and allow everyone to distribute and modify it?<br>
<br>
</div>Oh, sorry I forgot that part totally from the first post. I quick<br>
translated it from our original forum topic<br>
(<a href="https://www.piraattipuolue.fi/keskustelupalsta/6-politiikka/5877-tekijaenoikeussuojan-porrastus" target="_blank">https://www.piraattipuolue.fi/keskustelupalsta/6-politiikka/5877-tekijaenoikeussuojan-porrastus</a>) and tried to make it a bit more clear.<br>
<br>
In my opinion getting into databank should require giving the source<br>
code which would be able to download from the databank after five years.<br>
If the source code would not be given, software isn't approved into<br>
databank and company should take care of software usage be traditional<br>
ways such as selling keycodes and such. Databank would keep the source<br>
code in safe for further use.<br>
<br>
Naturally original software creator isn't obligated to release updates<br>
for others who commercially use the work.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
--<br>
Pasi "Scoffa" Palmulehto<br>
Leader of Finnish Pirate Party<br>
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