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What To Do With Failed Startup IP?
Posted on May 06, 2008
Jaisen Mathai, a Yahoo engineer, asks a good question: What can we do with failed startup intellectual property that might help the community?The large majority of most startups fail, and a lot of them have software, patents and other intellectual property that may be of value to the community. This IP could help those startups avoid wasting time reinventing the wheel, find creative ways to solve problems, etc. In a perfect world, the best of this property would be made available via a clearing house, or turned open source. Many founders would love to see their work live on in other projects a...
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