>>IANAL but, Generally, without or without a copyright, he has rights over his written work for at least one year. In the case of code I wouldn't publish it because he may want to keep it propriatary in order to generate income.
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>Here is the deal: he wrote me a message, what he wants to publish, but I need to check Readme file first. I did and sent him updated zip. Now he disappeared and I don't know, why.
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>I wrote a message in a Forum, but got 0 responses.

Maybe he's had health problems.
Maybe he's actually got an income-generating job thta's keeping him occupied.
Maybe he's got family problems.
Maybe he didn't pay his phone bill.
Maybe he. . .

Sometimes, even here, people get back to a thread a month later because of who knows what.

Chill, baby, chill.