| From: | Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, 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 20:36:48 |
| Message-ID: | CAA-aLv5x2-OT9hgEyFVStTG=FzGtPVwHxesOm2JrFsiSd9p=0A@mail.gmail.com |
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On 7 October 2011 21:17, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> 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.
It's ironic that they're attacking those using these facts when their
business is selling fiction poorly disguised as fact.
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