| From: | "Luke Lonergan" <llonergan(at)greenplum(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Bruce Momjian" <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, "PostgreSQL-development" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Oracle indemnifies PostgreSQL on its patents |
| Date: | 2007-03-31 17:06:26 |
| Message-ID: | C233E322.2B1C5%llonergan@greenplum.com |
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Bruce,
This is big news - has anyone checked to see if the agreement for the OIN is
in perpetuity? Or is their agreement to not pursue patents only for as long
as they are members?
- Luke
On 3/30/07 10:43 AM, "Bruce Momjian" <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> Here is a surprising article about how Oracle has made open source
> projects, like PostgreSQL, safe from claims of infringing Oracle
> patents:
>
> http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=A0F5F220-5940-470D-8564-CEA7E2D
> 2B954. Oracle, like IBM, Sony, RedHat, and Novell, is now a member of
>
> Oracle, like IBM, Sony, RedHat, and Novell, is now a member of the Open
> Invention Network, whose members all offer patent indemnification.
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