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[โ€“] endlesseden@pyfedi.deep-rose.org 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

honestly, there needs to be laws where abandonware loses copyright status and allows source/re to be relicensed in something like gpl

[โ€“] greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo 8 points 2 weeks ago

Honestly, there needs to be laws that when you buy software you get a licence to do as you please without commercial usage with it, and you get the source.

Imagine if HP had just given Stallman drivers for his printer all those years ago, what a different world it'd be now.