On January 11, 2005 08:13 am, you wrote: > Darcy Buskermolen wrote: > >IBM has just announced they are waving all rights and providing access to > > 500 patents. In the list of 500 there are several that relate RDBMS and > > query optimizations, it may be worth a look. > > > > > >http://www.ibm.com/news/us/en/2005/01/patents.html > > Except in the event of a lawsuit. > > > J
I've read the full patent release document (http://www.ibm.com/ibm/licensing/patents/pledgedpatents.pdf) and from what I see there, IBM has made a commitment not to defend the patentents against anybody who uses them in a supported OSS licensing scheme (those found on opensourcelicence.org) -- Darcy Buskermolen Wavefire Technologies Corp. ph: 250.717.0200 fx: 250.763.1759 http://www.wavefire.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
