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