Re: ARC patent

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?
> 
> As I said before, we might just get a promise of a full licence for
> if/when the patent is granted.

I doubt we can get a license that would cover companies that package
PostgreSQL.  While I don't think they would attack them I also don't
think they can give a blanket approval in writing.

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