On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 10:28:52AM -0600, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 10:33:44 -0800, > Elein Mustain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > They probaly released the informix database patents. > > This is pertinent to us as several of them were interesting > > implementations of things like the function manager. > > From what I read of this, the way they released the patents isn't completely > compatible with BSD licenses.
Is the only concern the commercialized offerings of PostgreSQL? It seems that commercial entities could either negotiate terms with IBM or help maintain a 'patent-free' branch of PostgreSQL. Yes, sub-optimal and a good amount of work, but depending on what's to be gained by utilizing some of the patents it might still be better for PostgreSQL overall. I don't know how useful the IP in the patents is, but I'd hate to see it dismissed out-of-hand because of licensing difficulties that could be overcome. -- Jim C. Nasby, Database Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Give your computer some brain candy! www.distributed.net Team #1828 Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?" ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
