| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | John Hansen <john(at)geeknet(dot)com(dot)au> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Jeff Davis <jdavis-pgsql(at)empires(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: ARC patent |
| Date: | 2005-01-22 04:34:06 |
| Message-ID: | 200501220434.j0M4Y6s03313@candle.pha.pa.us |
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John Hansen wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Asking this again as it seems my question got lost, or at least
> unanswered.
>
> Why not just contact IBM, and get their opinion?
>
> As I said before, we might just get a promise of a full licence for
> if/when the patent is granted.
I doubt we can get a license that would cover companies that package
PostgreSQL. While I don't think they would attack them I also don't
think they can give a blanket approval in writing.
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