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I would. Not only would I do so voluntarily, but I also support STRONG consumer protection laws that would force any product or software or copyright or patent into public domain the instant it’s been unavailable for sale for 3 or more years or has gone without update for 5 years.

Our public domain and consumer protections are pathetic, and should be vigorously bolstered and defended.

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DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I don’t think you’ve really thought this through.

If you force a company to continue support they will just give it a stupid price tag. “Sure we will continue to support this $250k microscope, if you would like us to write a windows 11 client for you that will cost $1m.”

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- Veraxus@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  That sort of thing already happens in the enterprise world. If they want to abandon it, or even unintentionally abandon it, then it becomes public domain.
  
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  - DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I think you missed my point.
    
    I’m saying that you can’t legislate that abandoned software must become public domain. If you asked a company whether it was abandoned they would just say yes it’s still supported, with a completely impractical price tag for support.
    
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