Thanks Martijn. On 11/19/05, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 11:07:55AM -0500, Ezra Taylor wrote: > > Hello all: > > Just to let you all know, Sun is in trouble. Linux is > > taking alot of business away from Sun. Can we trust Sun to do the > > right thing. Also, if Sun adds any code to PG, will it continue to be > > opensource product. As you can tell, I don't trust these big IT > > companies, but they are a necessary evil. How can we protect > > ourselves from Sun if they plan to shaft us. > > Umm, if the code they submit is under a BSD licence then it doesn't > matter what they do, we can use it for whatever purpose we like, with > or without their permission. And if they don't put it under the right > licence, we don't include it. I really don't see how they can hurt us > in any way on that front. > > Patents are the danger, but no more from Sun than anybody else. > > Have a nice day, > -- > Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@xxxxxxxxx> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > > Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a > > tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone > > else to do the other 95% so you can sue them. > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
