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Post #443,873 by pwhysall 1/12/24 1:10:48 AM 1/12/24 1:17:33 AM Reply	Eggzackerlee Ee Tee Ay: Like VMS, OS/2 is probably overdue for being made fully open-source. Also like VMS, it’s almost certainly all-but-impossible to unpick and resolve the licensing situation. Edited by pwhysall Jan. 12, 2024, 01:17:33 AM EST Expand All History
Post #443,876 by static 1/20/24 3:40:35 AM 1/20/24 3:40:35 AM Reply	Yes, that is the case. IBM was petitioned to open-source OS/2, but they actually replied and explained why they couldn't. There is lots of code they licensed many years ago and don't own the rights to open-source it. Some of the licensees no longer exist, either. Wade.
Post #443,877 by drook 1/20/24 3:22:32 PM 1/20/24 3:22:32 PM Reply	What's the legal status if the rights holder no longer exists? -- Drew
Post #443,882 by scoenye 1/20/24 9:14:49 PM 1/20/24 9:14:49 PM Reply	Copyright goes with the carcass If you can't track down who owns it, you're SOL until it expires.
Post #443,883 by CRConrad 1/21/24 12:24:18 PM 1/21/24 12:24:18 PM Reply	This must have been back when they had some actual credibility as an Open Soure champion... :-( i.e. before implementing that super-sleazy "You're not allowed to redistribute ostensibly 'Open' RHEL source code under the terms of your RHEL support contract" shit in their Purple Hat subsidiary. -- Christian R. Conrad The Man Who Apparently Still Knows Fucking Everything Mail: Same username as at the top left of this post, at iki.fi
Post #443,885 by static 1/24/24 2:51:03 AM 1/24/24 2:51:03 AM Reply	Yah, decades ago. One of the things they did do at the time was make a version of the Workplace Shell that ran on Windows 3. And it was completely free. Wade.

Just in case... - (scoenye) - (9) - Jan. 10, 2024, 10:44:02 PM EST

Has anyone replicated it on WayBack or something...? -NT - (CRConrad) - (8) - Jan. 11, 2024, 02:27:39 AM EST

Shouldn't be hard - I can't imagine it's at all large by modern standards - (pwhysall) - (7) - Jan. 11, 2024, 10:32:03 AM EST

Anyone with a spare iPhone 4 or newer to donate could store that -NT - (drook) - (6) - Jan. 20, 2024, 03:20:39 PM EST

Eggzackerlee - (pwhysall) - (5) - Jan. 12, 2024, 01:17:33 AM EST

Yes, that is the case. - (static) - (4) - Jan. 20, 2024, 03:40:35 AM EST

What's the legal status if the rights holder no longer exists? -NT - (drook) - (1) - Jan. 20, 2024, 03:22:32 PM EST

This must have been back when they had some actual credibility as an Open Soure champion... :-( - (CRConrad) - (1) - Jan. 21, 2024, 12:24:18 PM EST

Yah, decades ago. - (static) - Jan. 24, 2024, 02:51:03 AM EST

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