Re: Patent issues and 8.1

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>
Cc: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Patent issues and 8.1
Date: 2005-01-28 01:47:17
Message-ID: 23342.1106876837@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> writes:
> On Thursday 27 January 2005 10:27, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Ordinarily I would agree with you, but what happens to someone who is
>> still running 8.0.* when IBM's patent gets issued?

> This is a straw-man, since nothing stops people from running 8.0.0
> even if the replacement come in 8.0.1

I don't think so. It's not our responsibility if someone doesn't take
advantage of an available update. But it is our responsibility if no
update is available.

regards, tom lane

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