[fpc-devel] LGPL vs BSD

[Marco van de Voort]

> 
> On 4 aug 2006, at 15:06, Marco van de Voort wrote:
> 
> >> So what happens if you find a discontinued LGPL project (dead for 4+
> >> years) and you want to create a new product based on the original
> >> work.  Trying to contact the original author was unsuccessfull.   
> >> There
> >> are many of those on SourceForge.
> >
> > Then you are stuck with LGPL.
> 
> Or you can wait until 75 years (90 in the US) after the last author  
> dies :) (or whatever copyright term extension Disney has managed to  
> buy by then)

If you have problems contacting them, getting exact deceased dates can be a
problem too :)