"Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. -- greg ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly