Re: US Patents vs Non-US software ...

Ühel kenal päeval (esmaspäev, 17. jaanuar 2005, 21:45-0300), kirjutas
Alvaro Herrera:
> 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.

USAmericans can just place their servers somewhere not under US
jurisdiction (Cuba) or even better, in legal vacuum (Quantanamo) and run
client over internet.

If something infringes then it surely is the server, not the client.

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Hannu Krosing <hannu@tm.ee>