| From: | Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu> |
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| To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: ARC patent |
| Date: | 2005-01-22 01:13:50 |
| Message-ID: | 87vf9q6zap.fsf@stark.xeocode.com |
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"Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> 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.
Don't forget:
5. They would also have to license everyone else who might want to repackage
or use Postgres. Such as Fujitsu, a big competitor of theirs.
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greg
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