Re: ARC patent
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Andrew Sullivan <ajs@crankycanuck.ca>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2005-01-17T19:58:33Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Andrew Sullivan <ajs@crankycanuck.ca> writes: > I guess what I'm very much worried about is that there is > potentially-infringing code there, we know about it, and we may press > ahead and release with it anyway. IBM would justifiably jump on us > for that as a result. With what? They have no patent, yet, and may never have one. If the patent were already issued then I'd be much more concerned. regards, tom lane