| From: | Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com> |
|---|---|
| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | John Hansen <john(at)geeknet(dot)com(dot)au>, Zeugswetter Andreas DAZ SD <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at>, Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: ARC patent |
| Date: | 2005-01-17 22:30:48 |
| Message-ID: | 41EC3C98.9030804@archonet.com |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> "John Hansen" <john(at)geeknet(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
>
>>>Unfortunately no. The document that inspired me to adapt ARC for
>>>PostgreSQL is from the USENIX File & Storage Technologies
>>>Conference (FAST), March 31, 2003, San Francisco, CA.
>
>
>>Ahemm,... Isn't the patent lodged on may 20, 2004, AFTER you read the document from the above conference?
>
>
> No, the filing date was in 2002. I'm not sure what the May/04 date means;
> possibly the date of the last activity in that patent file?
Sounds to me like US conferences need to get a disclaimer signed by any
speakers - "best of my knowledge...covered by no patents/claims/...".
It's like having a bowl of sweets labelled "help yourself" and putting
the price sticker inside the wrapper.
--
Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd
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