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 -- Anthony W. Youngman - anthony@thewolery.demon.co.uk