Robert Haas wrote:
> > have seen nothing like that for 10 years and I doubt I will see
> > something the next 5.  I am thinking
> 
> I am doubtful too.
> 
> > we need to add this to the
> > "Features we do not want" section of our todo list.
> 
> "Proprietary compression algorithms, even with Postgresql-specific  
> license exceptions"?

Yep.  Does it make sense to make our license more complex to get 1%
percent better compression in certain cases?  Probably not.  Also
consider the code maintenance, patents, larger tarball, bugs, etc.

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