| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Andrea Suisani <sickpig(at)opinioni(dot)net>, daveg <daveg(at)sonic(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [OT?] Time-zone database down [was: Re: timezone buglet?] |
| Date: | 2011-10-07 20:27:36 |
| Message-ID: | 201110072027.p97KRaV09163@momjian.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > Andrea Suisani wrote:
> >> Speaking of Olson tz database, I've just stumbled across this post
> >> and I thought it would be worthy to report it here:
> >> http://blog.joda.org/2011/10/today-time-zone-database-was-closed.html
>
> > I suppose there is nothing stopping them from attacking people who
> > distribute the database, like Postgres, Red Hat, etc.
>
> It seems pretty baseless to me: you can't copyright a collection of
> facts. I think we should do nothing pending a court decision.
Agreed. I am just pointing out the possible exposure.
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