Re: [GENERAL] [Fwd: AW: More UB-Tree patent information]

I while ago I used xbase2pg and pg2xbase.
You should be able to find it on the net.

postgresql@fruru.com wrote:
>
> Hannu Krosing wrote:
> >
> > Have you found out _what_ exaclty is patented ?
> >
> > Is it just his concrete implementation of "UB-Tree" or something
> > broader, like using one multi-dimensional index instead of multiple
> > one-dimensional ones ?
>
> (I know it is OT, please reply in private, I can summarize any reactions
> to the list ...)
>
> Patents are supposed to be only applicable to an industrial application
> (with external side-effects).  So ideas in themselves are not patentable.
>
> Anyway, this is once more a good example of the danger of software patents
> - you know what to reply when people say "software patents promote
> innovation"
>
> IANAL, just my 0,02 Euro.
>
> see also : http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/savingeurope.html (also
> interesting for non-europeans, of course !)
>
> --
> Tycho Fruru                     tycho.fruru@conostix.com
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>   - Niels Bohr
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