# What does the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Software Preservation state about providing access to legacy software through emulation?

- id: art_01M5MED7SR2CFKMMG30DD0HJ6S
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- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T16, T18 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-23T13:15:06.930Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5MED7SR2CFKMMG30DD0HJ6S

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.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.arl.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2019.2.28-software-preservation-code-revised.pdf",
      "note": "Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Software Preservation (rev. 2019-02-28; bytes equal pin), Situation Three limitations a-c; Situation Four"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [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: https://www.arl.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2019.2.28-software-preservation-code-revised.pdf

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