[lokimedes]

I'm obviously not a lawyer, but it just seems so arbitrary a problem. Doesn't the same problem happen with all other software these days? Perhaps something more radical should come into play. In the defense industry we had this thing, that the source code was held in escrow, in the case that the company went bankrupt, or a national emergency required access. What if software of a certain nature, was required to have such a thing as a continuity plan?

What I'm getting at, is if all creative souls are required to front a guarantee of eternal commitment to their creations, we will see a good deal less novelty.