Re: [GENERAL] [HACKERS] [Fwd: AW: More UB-Tree patent information]

2002-04-15 Thread Tycho Fruru
Hannu Krosing wrote: Have you found out _what_ exaclty is patented ? Is it just his concrete implementation of UB-Tree or something broader, like using one multi-dimensional index instead of multiple one-dimensional ones ? (I know it is OT, please reply in private, I can summarize

Re: [GENERAL] [HACKERS] [Fwd: AW: More UB-Tree patent information]

2002-04-15 Thread Jean-Luc Lachance
I while ago I used xbase2pg and pg2xbase. You should be able to find it on the net. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hannu Krosing wrote: Have you found out _what_ exaclty is patented ? Is it just his concrete implementation of UB-Tree or something broader, like using one multi-dimensional

Re: [GENERAL] [HACKERS] [Fwd: AW: More UB-Tree patent information]

2002-04-15 Thread postgresql
Hannu Krosing wrote: Have you found out _what_ exaclty is patented ? Is it just his concrete implementation of UB-Tree or something broader, like using one multi-dimensional index instead of multiple one-dimensional ones ? (I know it is OT, please reply in private, I can summarize any

Re: [HACKERS] [Fwd: AW: More UB-Tree patent information]

2002-04-10 Thread Michael Loftis
Patents are as much designed to confuse and dissuade someone from using something as they are to patent something. Reading a patent is often harder than killing the nearest chicken, strewing it's entrails allover the yard, and then trying to make some sense of it. Justin Clift wrote: Hannu

Re: [HACKERS] [Fwd: AW: More UB-Tree patent information]

2002-04-10 Thread Hannu Krosing
On Wed, 2002-04-10 at 21:55, Justin Clift wrote: Hannu Krosing wrote: On Wed, 2002-04-10 at 16:32, Justin Clift wrote: Hi everyone, This is Prof. Bayer's response to the question is it alright to use UB-Tree's in Open Source projects?. Have you found out _what_ exaclty is

[HACKERS] [Fwd: AW: More UB-Tree patent information]

2002-04-10 Thread Justin Clift
Hi everyone, This is Prof. Bayer's response to the question is it alright to use UB-Tree's in Open Source projects?. It's a No, but we can discuss a licensing model type answer. Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift Original Message Subject: AW: More UB-Tree patent

Re: [HACKERS] [Fwd: AW: More UB-Tree patent information]

2002-04-10 Thread Hannu Krosing
On Wed, 2002-04-10 at 16:32, Justin Clift wrote: Hi everyone, This is Prof. Bayer's response to the question is it alright to use UB-Tree's in Open Source projects?. Have you found out _what_ exaclty is patented ? Is it just his concrete implementation of UB-Tree or something broader, like

Re: [HACKERS] [Fwd: AW: More UB-Tree patent information]

2002-04-10 Thread Justin Clift
Hannu Krosing wrote: On Wed, 2002-04-10 at 16:32, Justin Clift wrote: Hi everyone, This is Prof. Bayer's response to the question is it alright to use UB-Tree's in Open Source projects?. Have you found out _what_ exaclty is patented ? Is it just his concrete implementation of