Re: [OT?] Time-zone database down [was: Re: timezone buglet?] - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [OT?] Time-zone database down [was: Re: timezone buglet?]
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Msg-id 26156.1318018669@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [OT?] Time-zone database down [was: Re: timezone buglet?]  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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Re: [OT?] Time-zone database down [was: Re: timezone buglet?]
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> Andrea Suisani wrote:
>> Speaking of Olson tz database, I've just stumbled across this post
>> and I thought it would be worthy to report it here:
>> http://blog.joda.org/2011/10/today-time-zone-database-was-closed.html

> I suppose there is nothing stopping them from attacking people who
> distribute the database, like Postgres, Red Hat, etc.

It seems pretty baseless to me: you can't copyright a collection of
facts.  I think we should do nothing pending a court decision.
        regards, tom lane


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