Subj : Re: qwk packets
To   : fusion
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed May 22 2024 11:43 am

  Re: Re: qwk packets
  By: fusion to MRO on Wed May 22 2024 12:19 am

 > if i want to be a closed-source dickhead til the last moment and ensure my
 > code is released after i'm dead, has anyone talked to a lawyer about how
 > that would work?

There are dead-man switch sevices that can send emails when someone doesn't "check-in" after a while (presumed dead), which could send a decryption key to a public encrypted archive that contains the source/secrets. There's also "software escrow" services, but they're going to be a more expensive/elaborate solution.

 > for that matter, i sometimes wonder about how the larger bbs filebases
 > should be left to someone.. if they're not already mirrored to archive.org i
 > guess. every time i see a message with the general sentiment "log onto my
 > bbs to get xxx" i cringe.. all those files might as well be dead and gone
 > already.

Nothing's forever. Even archive.org could go down some day. Our best defense is replication, so if every BBS had "all the files", that'd be the best insurance that those files wouldn't go "dead and gone".
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