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Re:Dune II ported to the Web with Emscripten by tptacek on Friday November 30, 2012 @09:09AM (#4853271)
Yes, but not for a long time.
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Re:Dune II ported to the Web with Emscripten by astrodust on Friday November 30, 2012 @02:00PM (#4854814)
By "long time" you mean "as long as large copyright holders lobby to keep extending the window" which could mean "never" in practice.
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Re:Dune II ported to the Web with Emscripten by tptacek on Friday November 30, 2012 @02:17PM (#4854923)
Why don't we just settle on "so long as to make expiry irrelevant for video games".
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Re:Dune II ported to the Web with Emscripten by astrodust on Friday November 30, 2012 @06:50PM (#4856132)
I don't know what you're complaining about. Pong will be public domain in 2092.
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