 | | From: | Lance Obermeyer | | Subject: | Re: Pervasive PostgreSQL Announcement | | Date: | Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:23:11 -0600 |
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 | I hesitate to post this, since it is well travel ground, but...
This is a very black and white issue. "PostgreSQL" is a registered trademark that I do not have a license to use.
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From: Peter Eisentraut [mailto:peter_e@gmx.net]
Sent: Mon 1/10/2005 5:33 PM
To: josh@agliodbs.com
Cc: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Pervasive PostgreSQL Announcement
Josh Berkus wrote:
> By now, you may have seen the news announcement around Pervasive
> starting a supported version of PostgreSQL.
> http://www.pervasivepostgres.com/
I think they should start by deciding on a spelling of their (and our)
product.
And then they should stop marking it as a trademark.
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Peter Eisentraut
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| | From: | Peter Eisentraut | | Subject: | Re: Pervasive PostgreSQL Announcement | | Date: | Tue, 11 Jan 2005 08:20:29 +0100 |
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| Lance Obermeyer wrote:
> This is a very black and white issue. "PostgreSQL" is a registered
> trademark that I do not have a license to use.
And you believe the "Postgres" is sufficiently dissimilar that it cannot
be confused? That's like calling a product "Microso".
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