Re: [GENERAL] [HACKERS] [Fwd: AW: More UB-Tree patent information]

2002-04-15 Thread postgresql
Hannu Krosing wrote: > > Have you found out _what_ exaclty is patented ? > > Is it just his concrete implementation of "UB-Tree" or something > broader, like using one multi-dimensional index instead of multiple > one-dimensional ones ? (I know it is OT, please reply in private, I can summariz

Re: [GENERAL] [HACKERS] [Fwd: AW: More UB-Tree patent information]

2002-04-15 Thread postgresql
On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Anyway, this is once more a good example of the danger of software patents > - you know what to reply when people say "software patents promote > innovation" We (AEL, an association promoting freedom in every sense) have just now put on-line a pag

Re: [GENERAL] [HACKERS] [Fwd: AW: More UB-Tree patent information]

2002-04-15 Thread Jean-Luc Lachance
I while ago I used xbase2pg and pg2xbase. You should be able to find it on the net. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hannu Krosing wrote: > > > > Have you found out _what_ exaclty is patented ? > > > > Is it just his concrete implementation of "UB-Tree" or something > > broader, like using one multi

Re: [GENERAL] [HACKERS] [Fwd: AW: More UB-Tree patent information]

2002-04-15 Thread Tycho Fruru
> Hannu Krosing wrote: > > > > Have you found out _what_ exaclty is patented ? > > > > Is it just his concrete implementation of "UB-Tree" or something > > broader, like using one multi-dimensional index instead of multiple > > one-dimensional ones ? (I know it is OT, please reply in private, I