From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 988399D for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2016 23:17:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx2.suse.de (mx2.suse.de [195.135.220.15]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2037F171 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2016 23:17:23 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 01:17:20 +0200 (CEST) From: Jiri Kosina To: Steven Rostedt In-Reply-To: <20160829190745.415a6545@gandalf.local.home> Message-ID: References: <1472403654.2420.29.camel@HansenPartnership.com> <20160829090703.1c063975@gandalf.local.home> <1472486062.2376.26.camel@HansenPartnership.com> <20160829121615.25e5ddce@gandalf.local.home> <1472510397.2376.48.camel@HansenPartnership.com> <20160829190745.415a6545@gandalf.local.home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: James Bottomley , Linus Torvalds , ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] Owning your own copyrights in Linux List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Mon, 29 Aug 2016, Steven Rostedt wrote: > I guess the interesting point is what happens to the copyrights if Red > Hat goes bust? Who defends it? When a company goes bankrupt, all the intelectual property is being handled in the same way as real property in bakrupcy proceedings; IOW the intelectual property is usually being transferred to creditors. If this doesn't happen for one reason or another, auction takes place. -- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs