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Ask HN: What happens to orphaned source code after a startup shuts down?

6 点作者 Fundlab将近 8 年前

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caseysoftware将近 8 年前
It&#x27;s considered one of their assets and therefore has a value during liquidation. But since it&#x27;s unlikely that anyone else could do anything with it, the value is probably close to zero.<p>Realistically, you could probably buy it but the people who wrote it would be long gone and probably uninterested in helping you bring it back online.
siegel将近 8 年前
Yes, the assets of a company are supposed to be liquidated and distributed to the creditors (if any) or otherwise to the equity holders of the company.<p>As part of the plan of dissolution, the company can &quot;sell&quot; its assets (including source code). If there are no creditors and none of the other shareholders care, you could &quot;buy&quot; it, most likely for almost nothing.