| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | John Hansen <john(at)geeknet(dot)com(dot)au> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, Jeff Davis <jdavis-pgsql(at)empires(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: ARC patent |
| Date: | 2005-01-21 23:12:16 |
| Message-ID: | 41F18C50.2090204@commandprompt.com |
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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?
>
>
1. We don't have attorneys to do so.
2. The PostgreSQL community is not a legal entity it can license to.
3. It would take weeks if not months to get an answer
4. The patent isn't issed yet.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
>As I said before, we might just get a promise of a full licence for if/when the patent is granted.
>
>... John
>
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