In message <20090530071729.gh30...@matthew.ath.cx>, Matthew Johnson
<mj...@debian.org> writes
On Sat May 30 00:21, Rafael Laboissiere wrote:
I would really like to distribute the documentation file but the upstream
author died recently [6] and the chances are small that the sources can
be found. Is there any rule that applies to this case, I mean, when an
author dies?
Copyright (at least in some important jurisdiction) applies for life +
70 years, so it still applies and would now be held by the author's
estate.
Copyright in pretty much ALL jurisdictions (ie not including, iirc,
places like North Korea) lasts for a *minimum* of 50 calendar years
after creation.
You can't state the worst case and then assume it applies without
knowing anything about the author :-) You can state the probable best
case, and then assume it probably applies...
Cheers,
Wol
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