> You cannot just take intellectual property away from some company. If the company's about to die, why not? Your argument only works when the company's still

> You cannot just take intellectual property away from some company. If the company's about to die, why not? Your argument only works when the company's still going strong. If it's never going to actually make money with its IP, it's entirely illogical for it to spend huge amounts of effort trying to prevent that IP from being made public.