On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 07:31:48PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > Just curious here, but are patents global? PostgreSQL is not US software, > but it is run within the US ... so, would this patent, if it goes through, > only affect those using PostgreSQL in the US, or do patents somehow > transcend international borders?
No, they are limited to the territory they are registered in. Not sure how that applies to somebody who just uses Postgres in the US; of course, IANAL. -- Alvaro Herrera (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) www.google.com: interfaz de línea de comando para la web. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])