• bad_alloc@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    Companies should be required to maintain a stash of plans and source code which is automatically released upon the company stopping operations, unless the IP is bought.

    • ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.world
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      unless the IP is bought

      It’s always bought on liquidation. The creditors require it to be sold to legally satisfy them. What’s worse is that the IP may only be licensed in the first place.