| Subject | Re: [Firebird-general] Firebird - the patent free database? |
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| Author | Ann W. Harrison |
| Post date | 2005-07-22T14:38:27Z |
Lester Caine wrote:
exchanged e-mail about software patents. David's position is very
strongly that patents are a way for large companies to suppress small
companies.
As for Firebird, yes, there is one piece of patented technology in it -
events - but the IPL permits the use of that technology in Firebird.
Using it elsewhere would be tricky - I think you'd have to use the exact
code from Firebird and publish interfaces to your code.
Regards,
Ann
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/22/mysql_patents/The Register seems to have pulled the page. Jim and David Axmark have
>
exchanged e-mail about software patents. David's position is very
strongly that patents are a way for large companies to suppress small
companies.
As for Firebird, yes, there is one piece of patented technology in it -
events - but the IPL permits the use of that technology in Firebird.
Using it elsewhere would be tricky - I think you'd have to use the exact
code from Firebird and publish interfaces to your code.
Regards,
Ann