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When playing a game I always thought of extra stuff I would have wanted in the game. A prime example of this is Colonization where I always wondered - like many others - why the Portuguese and other nations where not added (memory concerns?), or the lack of some type of unit, etc., etc., etc..

Therefore I was wondering, is there a time by which software automatically becomes free, and one is allowed to de-compile, fix, compile and distribute (free of course)? Would this be feasible?
 

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Re: Is there a time after which software becomes automatically free?
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2012, 02:17:37 PM »
Quote from: gertsy;703766
Yes.  It's called time for stealing.


Just to be clear, the idea is not to profit but rather just to improve over the original - if such a thing is possible.
 

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Re: Is there a time after which software becomes automatically free?
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2012, 03:53:55 PM »
I did a quick search on the net and found the following;
http://www.discreetfx.com/Care/faq.htm

Seems the idea of de-compiling and improve upon is not such a mad idea after all.