Re: [GENERAL] SHA1 on postgres 8.3

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
Cc: Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] SHA1 on postgres 8.3
Date: 2008-04-02 16:49:38
Message-ID: 5612.1207154978@sss.pgh.pa.us
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David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)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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