| From: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
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| To: | Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Hitoshi Harada <umi(dot)tanuki(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: pluggable compression support |
| Date: | 2013-06-25 19:08:22 |
| Message-ID: | 51C9EAA6.9080902@agliodbs.com |
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On 06/25/2013 11:42 AM, Andres Freund wrote:
> True. So, how do we proceed on that?
>
> The ASF decided it was safe to use lz4 in cassandra. Does anybody have
> contacts over there?
>
> Btw, I have the feeling we hold this topic to a higher standard wrt
> patent issues than other work in postgres...
We have access to attorneys, both in the US and Canada. I will proceed
to ask for real legal advice.
However, can you tell me what exactly you are concerned about? lz4 is
under the BSD license, and released by Google. Why are we worried, exactly?
--
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
http://pgexperts.com
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