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Re:Why old, retired but iconic software is almost never open... by ferguess_k on Friday February 28, 2025 @08:03AM (#43205145)
Some thought:

Everyone who sells a piece of software should send the full source code to an offline depository (e.g. offline tapes or disks), and will be published after X years of sales.

Of course this is just my daydream.

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Re:Why old, retired but iconic software is almost never open... by Jsebast24 on Friday February 28, 2025 @08:28AM (#43205339)
Message ChatGPT

"Write a source code for the following binary file. Divide the code in the simplest possible modules and add comments to make the code easy to understand..."

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Re:Why old, retired but iconic software is almost never open... by ferguess_k on Friday February 28, 2025 @09:55AM (#43206271)
Is it that good now?
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