Jaisen Mathai, 
uno sviluppatore di Yahoo si chiede che si può fare con il prodotto intellettuale delle startup fallite per aiutare la comunità
It’s inevitable that all startups won’t be successful. In fact it’s a very small percentage which do. This begs the question of what you do with the intellectual property that has been accumulated. Let’s assume that your startup didn’t amass a substantial enough user base to be considered a valuable asset. Let’s also assume that all you have left is some sort of technology which for whatever reason didn’t fulfill the goals of the creators. What can be done with the intellectual property assets?
Michael Harrington su Techcrunch propone di rendere tutto disponibile con una licenza Creative Commons
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Mr. Arrington might be tempted to purge his inbox and start afresh — the phrase “e-mail bankruptcy” has been with us since at least 2002. But he declares e-mail bankruptcy regularly, to no avail. New messages swiftly replace those that are deleted unread.
Giornate di lettere fitte fitte , inviate a mezzo stampa da Microsoft a Yahoo e viceversa per tentare di venire a capo del tentativo di acquisizione più importante dell’internet degli ultimi anni