Oracle indemnifies PostgreSQL on its patents

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Oracle indemnifies PostgreSQL on its patents
Date: 2007-03-30 16:43:55
Message-ID: 200703301643.l2UGhtJ24984@momjian.us
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Here is a surprising article about how Oracle has made open source
projects, like PostgreSQL, safe from claims of infringing Oracle
patents:

http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=A0F5F220-5940-470D-8564-CEA7E2D2B954. Oracle, like IBM, Sony, RedHat, and Novell, is now a member of

Oracle, like IBM, Sony, RedHat, and Novell, is now a member of the Open
Invention Network, whose members all offer patent indemnification.

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