Re: [webmaster] online demonstration against EU Software - Mailing list pgsql-www

From Marc G. Fournier
Subject Re: [webmaster] online demonstration against EU Software
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Msg-id 20040412102454.M25086@ganymede.hub.org
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In response to Re: [webmaster] online demonstration against EU Software  ("Andreas Grabmueller" <webmaster@letzplay.de>)
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On Mon, 12 Apr 2004, Andreas Grabmueller wrote:

> Keep the project apolitical? What happens if someone patents "A software
> that stores and manages data" - PostgreSQL will then be illegal here in
> Europe - who should pay the license fees? And this is exactly the type
> of patent we are talking about (and that kind of patents already exist
> here in Germany, they just are not legal yet).

'k, but such a broad patent would see ppl like Oracle, Sybase and several
other commercial vendors in court, no?  I can't see that sort of patent
holding up for very long ...

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