Here is a surprising article about how Oracle has made open source projects, like PostgreSQL, safe from claims of infringing Oracle patents:
http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=A0F5F220-5940-470D-8564-CEA7E2D2B954. Oracle, like IBM, Sony, RedHat, and Novell, is now a member of Oracle, like IBM, Sony, RedHat, and Novell, is now a member of the Open Invention Network, whose members all offer patent indemnification. -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: 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