On January 11, 2005 08:32 am, Darcy Buskermolen wrote: > On January 11, 2005 08:13 am, you wrote: > > Darcy Buskermolen wrote: > > >IBM has just announced they are waving all rights and providing access > > > to 500 patents. In the list of 500 there are several that relate RDBMS > > > and query optimizations, it may be worth a look. > > > > > > > > >http://www.ibm.com/news/us/en/2005/01/patents.html > > > > Except in the event of a lawsuit. > > > > > > J > > I've read the full patent release document > (http://www.ibm.com/ibm/licensing/patents/pledgedpatents.pdf) and from what > I see there, IBM has made a commitment not to defend the patentents against > anybody who uses them in a supported OSS licensing scheme (those found on > opensourcelicence.org)
Correction, make that http://opensource.org -- Darcy Buskermolen Wavefire Technologies Corp. ph: 250.717.0200 fx: 250.763.1759 http://www.wavefire.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
