[HACKERS] [Fwd: AW: UB-Tree's and patents]

2002-04-05 Thread Justin Clift
Hi everyone, For anyone who's interested in the patent status of UB-Tree's, here is further info. :-) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift Original Message Subject: AW: UB-Tree's and patents Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 17:41:10 +0200 From: "Rudolf Bayer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "

Re: [HACKERS] [Fwd: AW: UB-Tree's and patents]

2002-04-05 Thread Oleg Bartunov
On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, Justin Clift wrote: > Hi everyone, > > For anyone who's interested in the patent status of UB-Tree's, here is > further info. > > :-) I dont' understand that. Does it means someone has no rights to implement the algorithm in any form ? Who has patented an idea of relational d

Re: [HACKERS] [Fwd: AW: UB-Tree's and patents]

2002-04-05 Thread Justin Clift
Hi Oleg, My understanding of patent law (in a generalised way) means that for any country in which you're granted a patent on something, these days it effectively means you've got control of the usage of that particular thing. So, if Prof. Rudolf Bayer has a patent on the algorithm for UB-Tree's