| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Mototaka Kanematsu <mototaka(dot)kanematsu(at)toshiba(dot)co(dot)jp>, Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-core(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Wiki editor request |
| Date: | 2018-04-05 18:47:54 |
| Message-ID: | 19137.1522954074@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 10:54:09AM +0900, Mototaka Kanematsu wrote:
>> On 2018-04-04 06:44, Mototaka Kanematsu wrote:
>>> In private judgment, I don't enforce a patent right for PostgreSQL.
>> I mean if our code includes our patent, there are no-charge, royalty-free in that.
> Yes, you are right that companies that have patents are contributing to
> Postgres. We ask that people contributing to Postgres not study any
> patented material so we are less likely to have a patent problem.
Also, just to make our position clear: we do not accept code into
Postgres if there are known patents bearing on it. An offer of a
license is not going to change that, regardless of terms.
regards, tom lane
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