On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 02:47:54PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 10:54:09AM +0900, Mototaka Kanematsu wrote:
> >> On 2018-04-04 06:44, Mototaka Kanematsu wrote:
> >>> In private judgment, I don't enforce a patent right for PostgreSQL.
>
> >> I mean if our code includes our patent, there are no-charge, royalty-free in that.
>
> > Yes, you are right that companies that have patents are contributing to
> > Postgres. We ask that people contributing to Postgres not study any
> > patented material so we are less likely to have a patent problem.
>
> Also, just to make our position clear: we do not accept code into
> Postgres if there are known patents bearing on it. An offer of a
> license is not going to change that, regardless of terms.
+1
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