Tom Lane wrote: > Andrew Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.
One big question is why we pulled so directly from ideas on an IBM web site? That is very atypical of us. Because we used it, I assumed the ideas were available for all to use without patent restriction. Obviously not. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
