| From: | Nico Williams <nico(at)cryptonector(dot)com> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org, "Tsunakawa, Takayuki" <tsunakawa(dot)takay(at)jp(dot)fujitsu(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, 'Craig Ringer' <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: How can we submit code patches that implement our (pending) patents? |
| Date: | 2018-07-23 16:27:49 |
| Message-ID: | 20180723162748.GA5695@localhost |
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On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 09:56:47AM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 06:31:14AM -0700, Andres Freund wrote:
> > It explicitly says irrevocable and successors. Why seems squarely
> > aimed at your concern. Bankruptcy wouldn't just invalidate that.
>
> 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.
Can you explain how a new owner could invalidate/revoke previous
irrevocable grants?
That's not rhetorical. I want to know if that's possible.
Perhaps patent law [in some countries] requires contracts as opposed to
licenses?
Nico
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