[SunRescue] RE: Solaris 1.1 on a 4/330

[Peter L. Wargo]

on 1/13/01 17:53, David Cantrell at david at cantrell.org.uk wrote:

Ya know, a lot of this has to do with the agreements sun made with AT&T as
well.  there are some old legal issues over SunOS 4.x, I would imagine.
Plus the aforementioned fact that SPARC systems are still in use running
4.1.1...

-Pete

> Eric Hall <jester_123 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> Dan Lane wrote:
>> 
>>> Which brings us on to a whole new topic.... you might have discussed
>>> this... but I am new... forgive me :P
>>> 
>>> Is copying old software still theft? legally yes... morally acceptable????
>> 
>> That is the question.  How old does it have to be before it 's in the public
>> domain?
> 
> Legally?  It depends on where you are and can be anything up to 75 years.
> 
> However, *morally* I feel it's OK if the software is no longer sold or
> supported commercially.