Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Software Patents

Chris Travers wrote:
> Neil Conway wrote:
>
> > Josh Berkus wrote:
> >
> >> Oh, I don't know.  Who's opposing a web button?
> >
> >
> > Yes, I am strongly opposed: I don't think we should be advancing
> > political views as a project. If some people are opposed to software
> > patents, what is wrong with voicing that opposition as individuals?
>
>
> Neil;
>
> Would you be opposed to a simple writeup of why ARC was replaced with 2Q
> and why IBM's assurances of non-enforcement against open source products
> was insufficient?
>
> In general I too am skeptical of any attempt to politicize the
> community, but this has a strong practical aspect too and maybe we
> should focus on that aspect.
>
> Or in your view, should we be directing people to the mailing list
> archives for their primary source on the political positions we as a
> community have been forced to take for reasons beyond our immediate control?

Certainly a write-up is a appropriate, perhaps as a News item.

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