Re: Pervasive PostgreSQL Announcement

From: "Michael Paesold" <mpaesold(at)gmx(dot)at>
To: "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, "Robert Treat" <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>
Cc: "Simon Riggs" <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "Bruce Momjian" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Pervasive PostgreSQL Announcement
Date: 2005-01-11 15:21:26
Message-ID: 006501c4f7f1$3b27a750$ad01a8c0@zaphod
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> Am Dienstag, 11. Januar 2005 13:42 schrieb Robert Treat:
>> Whose trademark would it infringe upon?
>
> The point is, they are claiming trademark on a name that was hitherto free
> for
> everyone to use.

I have to agree with Peter. They could use "postgres" like everyone else
does, but claiming a trademark even on "Pervasive Postgres" seems bad. Josh,
you said you are in contact with them. Could you find out what they think
about this issue?

Best Regards,
Michael Paesold

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