Re: [Fwd: AW: UB-Tree's and patents] - Mailing list pgsql-hackers
From | Oleg Bartunov |
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Subject | Re: [Fwd: AW: UB-Tree's and patents] |
Date | |
Msg-id | Pine.GSO.4.44.0204051905260.24543-100000@ra.sai.msu.su Whole thread Raw |
In response to | [Fwd: AW: UB-Tree's and patents] (Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org>) |
List | pgsql-hackers |
On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, Justin Clift wrote: > Hi everyone, > > For anyone who's interested in the patent status of UB-Tree's, here is > further info. > > :-) I dont' understand that. Does it means someone has no rights to implement the algorithm in any form ? Who has patented an idea of relational databases ? Donald Knuth in his "All Questions Answered" said "... the word patent means "to make public" Regards, Oleg > > Regards and best wishes, > > Justin Clift > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: AW: UB-Tree's and patents > Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 17:41:10 +0200 > From: "Rudolf Bayer" <bayer@in.tum.de> > To: "Justin Clift" <justin@postgresql.org> > CC: "Christian Roth" <roth@transaction.de> > > the UB-tree has been patented in Europe (PCT) and the US, > both patents have been awarded. > the Patent application has been filed in Japan, but processing is not > compleatet yet. > A first commercial implementation is available in the product > TransBase Hypercube from > TransAction SW GmbH > contact Dr. Roth ++49 89 62709 170 > regards, > R. Bayer > > ********************************************************************* > Prof. Rudolf Bayer, Ph.D. Phone: ++49 89 48095 171 > Institut fur Informatik Fax: ++49 89 48095 170 > Technische Universitat Munchen email: bayer@in.tum.de > Orleansstr. 34 home: http://www3.in.tum.de > 81667 Munchen > > > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- > > Von: Justin Clift [mailto:justin@postgresql.org] > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 2. April 2002 22:08 > > An: bayer@informatik.tu-muenchen.de; Stefan Reich > > Betreff: UB-Tree's and patents > > > > > > Hi Prof. Rudolf, > > > > There seems to be some confusion in the Open Source software community > > as to whether the algorithms/concepts/etc for UB-Tree's are patented or > > not. > > > > Do you know of anywhere we can find information about it's patent > > status? > > > > :-) > > > > Regards and best wishes, > > > > Justin Clift > > > > -- > > "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those > > who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the > > first group; there was less competition there." > > - Indira Gandhi > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster > Regards, Oleg _____________________________________________________________ Oleg Bartunov, sci.researcher, hostmaster of AstroNet, Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University (Russia) Internet: oleg@sai.msu.su, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/ phone: +007(095)939-16-83, +007(095)939-23-83
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