Re: [OT?] Time-zone database down [was: Re: timezone buglet?]

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(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 20:17:49
Message-ID: 26156.1318018669@sss.pgh.pa.us
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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.

regards, tom lane

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