Alvaro,
> I'm wondering, could the PostgreSQL Foundation (or some other entity)
> get patents on some parts of Postgres? Maybe ResourceOwners for
> example; or the newer parts of the optimizer.
That depends; is the SFLC offering to pay for the patent applications? Last I
checked, it was somewhere around $6000 per patent.
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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco