Re: Can we get patents?

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>
Cc: Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Can we get patents?
Date: 2005-05-08 18:05:08
Message-ID: 200505081105.08216.josh@agliodbs.com
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Alvaro,

> I'm wondering, could the PostgreSQL Foundation (or some other entity)
> get patents on some parts of Postgres? Maybe ResourceOwners for
> example; or the newer parts of the optimizer.

That depends; is the SFLC offering to pay for the patent applications? Last I
checked, it was somewhere around $6000 per patent.

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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

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