Jean-Michel POURE wrote: > > The PostgreSQL community is committed to creating and maintaining the best, > most reliable, open-source multi-purpose standards based database, and with > it, promote free(dom) and open source software world wide. > > I hope you don't mind writing "free(dom)" with the idea of fighting patent > abuses.
No, the mission statement is about what the postgresql group, as a whole, is all about. I know it seems silly to have such a thing, but really, the more I read on this discussion, the more it seems like it is a useful "call to arms" for developers and users alike. Now, I do not wish to have a manifesto, but a short and sweet "this is who we are, and this is what we do" could be a positive thing. P.S. I think every software engineer worth anything should fight software patents. If Donald Knuth didn't patent his algorithms, practically none of us deserve patents. I mean seriously, most of the software patents are trivial and obvious. Knuth did something, most of us only build on his work. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
