| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | ARC patent |
| Date: | 2005-01-17 06:15:25 |
| Message-ID: | 23543.1105942525@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com> writes:
> FYI, IBM has applied for a patent on ARC (AFAICS the patent application
> is still pending, although the USPTO site is a little hard to grok):
Ugh. We could hope that the patent wouldn't be granted, but I think
it unlikely, unless Jan is aware of prior art (like a publication
predating the filing date). I fear we'll have to change or remove
that code.
regards, tom lane
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