Re: How can we submit code patches that implement our (pending)patents?

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  <bruce@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 +