win95/98/ME and printers. An ethics issue comparable to DRM servers or not?

[Luke -Jr]

On Wednesday 30 July 2008, Bradley Hook wrote:
> On the flip side, I completely understand why a business wouldn't want
> to keep publishing copies of the outdated software. Not only does it
> cost money, but it also implies that the company continues to support
> the product even if they no longer do. Even a lot of open source
> projects don't continue to provide source trees or binaries dating back
> to the first stages of the project.

Most open source projects provide open access to their CVS/Subversion/Git/etc 
repository, which contains source back to the first stages of the project.