Documented and annotated source code for Elite on the Commodore 64

Re:Documented and annotated source code for Elite on the Com... by MarkMoxon on Friday December 20, 2024 @06:52AM (#42470341)

That's not fear, it's an indication of the respect in which I hold the original authors (whom I believe are still the copyright holders). If Bell or Braben asked me to take it this down, I'd roll with it. Same if Geoff Crammond asked me to take down my Aviator and Revs analyses; of course I'd comply. It's their code.

I have copyright content out there in the world (including the commentary aspects of this project), and I'd want to be able to control what happens to that too. Seems fair to me.

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Re:Documented and annotated source code for Elite on the Com... by glimshe on Friday December 20, 2024 @08:12AM (#42470808)

I admire your integrity. At the same time, these "rights" come from flawed laws. The code should no longer be "theirs".

I won't write a long and boring critique of the current copyright length, but this work should be in the public domain at this point - nobody should be entitled to ask you to take it down. It should belong to you as much as it does to them. Like Algebra and Hamlet.

It in fact belongs to humanity, as the creation of the work itself was built on top of everything that came before it.

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