Comment by paxys
18 hours ago
Copyright (and all intellectual property in general) should have a "use it or lose it" provision, just like trademarks. If there's a piece of software that you own but aren't interested in selling or maintaining then someone else should be able to do it without asking for your permission. Simple as that.
I believe this provision already exists in screen media. That's why you get some awful movies, like 2015's Fantastic Four.
Only as a part of some private deals signed between studios. It isn't a legal requirement.
So if I write a piece of software that does the job I designed it for, and you decide you want it to do something else, you should be handed the source code and right to redistribute it? Simple like that?
It sounds like you're still actively using the copyright (by distributing your software) in that case, so no?
That's not what the parent comment posits.