Re: ARC patent - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: ARC patent
Date
Msg-id 10400.1105995473@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: ARC patent  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
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"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
> The biggest problem is going to be that if we release 8 with
> the patented stuff, then for a minimum of 3 years there will
> be liability for anyone running 8.

Do you honestly think that this is the only patented algorithm anywhere
in there?

Now that we've been made aware that there is a pending (one more time:
pending, not issued) patent on it, we will work on removing the affected
code in an orderly fashion.  I don't think there is need for panic.
        regards, tom lane


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