--- Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 07:31:48PM -0400, Marc G. > Fournier wrote: > > > Just curious here, but are patents global? > PostgreSQL is not US software, > > but it is run within the US ... so, would this > patent, if it goes through, > > only affect those using PostgreSQL in the US, or > do patents somehow > > transcend international borders? > > No, they are limited to the territory they are > registered in. > It depends. Every country is independant so their laws are independants but if they sign a covenant in that way or if there are any commercial covenants to force with, countries like US can do their will.
But i think like Tom's. There is nothing to worry about there are no penalty for violate a non-existing patent. And when (if) the patent become a reality i'm sure the core (you geniuses of programming) have been eliminated that algorithm. regards, Jaime Casanova _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Información de Estados Unidos y América Latina, en Yahoo! Noticias. Visítanos en http://noticias.espanol.yahoo.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html
