Re: ARC patent - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Marc G. Fournier
Subject Re: ARC patent
Date
Msg-id 20050117170411.C96603@ganymede.hub.org
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In response to Re: ARC patent  (Andrew Sullivan <ajs@crankycanuck.ca>)
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On Mon, 17 Jan 2005, Andrew Sullivan wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 02:37:44PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>
>> We can modify the code slightly to hopefully avoid the patent.  With the
>
> I guess what I'm very much worried about is that there is
> potentially-infringing code there, we know about it, and we may press
> ahead and release with it anyway.  IBM would justifiably jump on us
> for that as a result.

I thought the patnt was only pending, not granted?


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