| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Jeff Davis <jdavis-pgsql(at)empires(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: ARC patent |
| Date: | 2005-01-17 20:57:53 |
| Message-ID: | 10400.1105995473@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> The biggest problem is going to be that if we release 8 with
> the patented stuff, then for a minimum of 3 years there will
> be liability for anyone running 8.
Do you honestly think that this is the only patented algorithm anywhere
in there?
Now that we've been made aware that there is a pending (one more time:
pending, not issued) patent on it, we will work on removing the affected
code in an orderly fashion. I don't think there is need for panic.
regards, tom lane
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