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 C204D71 for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 01:28:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6C99D27C for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 01:28:48 +0000 (UTC) To: James Bottomley , Steven Rostedt 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> <1472512800.2376.53.camel@HansenPartnership.com> From: Andy Grover Message-ID: Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 18:28:44 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1472512800.2376.53.camel@HansenPartnership.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: 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 08/29/2016 04:20 PM, James Bottomley wrote: > On Mon, 2016-08-29 at 19:07 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: >> I guess the interesting point is what happens to the copyrights if >> Red Hat goes bust? Who defends it? > > Like all IP, it would get bought out of bankruptcy by someone. It's > not just defence, it's also offence. Suppose the new owner wanted to > make a business model of suing others (à la McHardy)? However, these > are all hypotheticals. The main reason you might want to own your own > copyrights is to have a say in enforcing them. FWIW Red Hat lets its developers keep copyright to the code they write. It's in the employment agreement. -- Andy