Re: [pgsql-www] Software Patents

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] Software Patents
Date: 2005-04-22 16:54:40
Message-ID: 200504220954.40421.josh@agliodbs.com
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Marc,

> Basically, if we're going to be *anti-patent*, we need to know the why of
> it ... is it just because we are anarchist and dont' believe that anything
> should be regulated?  Or is it because of what we've been seeing over teh
> past couple of years coming out of the US Patent office?

The proposal is to implement a system in the EU similar to what the US has.
Otherwise, read up at www.ffii.org.

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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

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