pgsql: Add mention of possible patent problems with star joins, per

From: momjian(at)postgresql(dot)org (Bruce Momjian)
To: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Add mention of possible patent problems with star joins, per
Date: 2005-12-17 17:04:41
Message-ID: 20051217170441.E591B9DC8D9@postgresql.org
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Add mention of possible patent problems with star joins, per Joshua
Drake:

< and merge the bitmaps to perform the join on the fact table.
> and merge the bitmaps to perform the join on the fact table. Some
> of these algorithms might be patented.

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pgsql/doc:
TODO (r1.1731 -> r1.1732)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/doc/TODO.diff?r1=1.1731&r2=1.1732)
pgsql/doc/src/FAQ:
TODO.html (r1.236 -> r1.237)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html.diff?r1=1.236&r2=1.237)

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