Re: [pgsql-www] Software Patents

On 4/22/2005 1:19 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 09:47:48AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>>
>> > >The bottom line is that for permanent content, you are going to have to
>> > >get super-majority agreement on all these issues in your statement, or
>> > >keep it narrow enough so you can get such a majority.
>> >
>> > So far only one person has said no (Neil). That is fairly clear to me.
>>
>> So far three core members have expressed their opinion: Bruce, Josh and
>> Marc. What about the rest? Peter, Jan, Tom?
>
> I don't think a core member has any special weight in this issue
> compared do a regular community member.
>

Agreed, so here is my opinion as a community member. As an open source
project, we are not a bystander but directly affected by the patent
stupidity practiced all over. And as such, we should express our opinion
about this matter.

Jan

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