Re: PostgreSQL and Patents: no position against ?

On Fri, 2005-03-11 at 17:57 +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Josh Berkus wrote:
> > Yep.    But it doesn't matter what you or I think is Political; it
> > matters what the US Gov't thinks is political.   At least, as far as
> > the 501(c)3 goes.
>
> The PostgreSQL project is not and to my knowledge has no ambitions to
> become a 501(c)3 organization, so who cares?

Because:

The PostgreSQL Foundation is a non-profit organization, controlled by
its members, established to promote and support PostgreSQL, the world's
most advanced and powerful open-source RDBMS (Relational Database
Management System).

There is a direct correlation.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake



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