Re: [GENERAL] SHA1 on postgres 8.3 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [GENERAL] SHA1 on postgres 8.3
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Msg-id 5612.1207154978@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [GENERAL] SHA1 on postgres 8.3  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
Responses Re: [GENERAL] SHA1 on postgres 8.3  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
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David Fetter <david@fetter.org> writes:
> Re: compulsively attempting to comply with every law everywhere, let's
> recall that a certain Search! engine company managed to get itself in
> a morally pretty reprehensible spot by "following the laws" of an
> oppressive regime.  We needn't do the same.

We aren't actually doing any such thing.  We are just making sure that
our distribution is split up in such a way that if someone *else* needs
to comply with such a law, it's not impractical to do so.
        regards, tom lane


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