On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 07:08:32AM -0700, Andres Freund wrote: > On 2018-07-23 09:56:47 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > They can say whatever they want, but if they are bankrupt, what they say > > doesn't matter much. My guess is that they would have to give their > > patents to some legal entity that owns them so it is shielded from > > bankrupcy. > > Huh? Bancruptcy doesn't simply invalidate licenses which successors then > can ignore. By that logic a license to use the code, like the PG > license, would be just as ineffectual
You are not thinking this through. It depends if the patent owner retains some un-released/un-shared rights to the patent, e.g. patent can only be used by others in GPL-licensed code. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + As you are, so once was I. As I am, so you will be. + + Ancient Roman grave inscription +
