On 2018-07-23 10:27:10 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > 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.
Err. > 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. Please point me to any sort of reference that bancruptcy simply terminates perpetual irrevocable license agreements; that's simply not the case afaik. Even if the patent rights are liquidated, the new owner would be bound by the terms. Also, as I pointed out above, how would the same not be applicable to the code itself? Greetings, Andres Freund
