What does the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Software Preservation state about providing access to legacy software through emulation?
The ARL-hosted Code (US fair use, 2018, revised 2019) treats emulation as a way to give controlled access to preserved software for research, teaching and learning, with limits: notify users, restrict copying or retention, and restrict commercially available software (case by case or local terminals); networked cooperative access (EaaS) has its own conditions. It does not declare any particular emulation service lawful.
The ARL-hosted Code (US fair use, 2018, revised 2019) treats emulation as a way to give controlled access to preserved software for research, teaching and learning, with limits: notify users, restrict copying or retention, and restrict commercially available software (case by case or local terminals); networked cooperative access (EaaS) has its own conditions. It does not declare any particular emulation service lawful.
Curator qualifications: Pages/code read 2026-10-22; nothing streamed, emulated or rendered. US fair-use practice code; not legal advice; anti-circumvention section not re-read.
Limitations: Pages/code read 2026-10-22; nothing streamed, emulated or rendered.
Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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"url": "https://www.arl.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2019.2.28-software-preservation-code-revised.pdf",
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- [sourced_fact] The ARL-hosted Code (US fair use, 2018, revised 2019) treats emulation as a way to give controlled access to preserved software for research, teaching and learning, with limits: notify users, restrict copying or retention, and restrict commercially available software (case by case or local terminals); networked cooperative access (EaaS) has its own conditions. It does not declare any particular emulation service lawful. · locator: Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Software Preservation (rev. 2019-02-28; bytes equal pin), Situation Three limitations a-c; Situation Four source
Rights
| component | license | hosting | redistribution | modification | training | Evidence and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| documentation | unknown | permitted | permitted | unknown | unknown | Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources. |