Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:45:41 +0200 (CEST) | From | Jiri Kosina <> | Subject | Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 |
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On Sun, 10 Jun 2007, Neil Brown wrote:
> I presume the heirs of the dead people could change the license. And if > they have no heir, then there is no-one to sue for breach of copyright, > so I assume the copyright lapses.
In most of the law systems out there the copyright stays valid for 70 years (or so) after the holder's death.
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