[rescue] Preservation (was: Looking for Ultrix 4 for DECstation)

[Brian Wheeler]

On Fri, 2011-07-22 at 15:59 -0700, Ian Finder wrote:
> Do you get anything like a fair use exemption?

For some things, yes.  The lawyers look at everything pretty closely,
especially with the vague copyright dates on things from the 1920s -
1950s.  We also do a lot of preservation work where the data is stored
but not accessible to the world.

Brian


> On Jul 22, 2011 3:50 PM, "Brian Wheeler" <bdwheele at indiana.edu> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2011-07-22 at 15:27 -0700, Ian Finder wrote:
> >> >
> >> > This is why software preservation, legal or not, above ground or not,
> >> > is crucial.
> >> >
> >> > On that topic, what is the lifespan on the (E)EPROM roms in all these
> >> > machines and peripherals we love so dearly?
> >> >
> >> > Might it be time to start an organized stockpile of backup images for
> >> > the rarer machines and peripherals?
> >> >
> >
> > There used to be a site (dustbunny) that had a reasonable collection of
> > stuff but I haven't been able to get to it for ages.
> >
> > I keep debating if I want to push for a project in my department at IU
> > (Digital Library Program) for a software preservation project since
> > archival stuff is the bulk of what we're working on
> > (audio/film/images/slides/etc) and this would just be an extension of a
> > lot of what we're doing.
> >
> > Brian
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