Re: ARC patent

"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:

> 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?
> >
> 1. We don't have attorneys to do so.
> 2. The PostgreSQL community is not a legal entity it can license to.
> 3. It would take weeks if not months to get an answer
> 4. The patent isn't issed yet.

Don't forget:

5. They would also have to license everyone else who might want to repackage  or use Postgres. Such as Fujitsu, a big
competitorof theirs.
 

-- 
greg