I am thinking to write a database cleanup tool.
According to my research they are many application specific database
cleaners but not a general one.

I found a patent:
US Patent Number *07188116* - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELETING DATA IN A
DATABASE

As far as I got it I cannot write my tool because I am infringing this
patent.

Just unbelievable!!!!

Any idea would be welcome.

Miriam
mk.miriam@gmail.com

Hi,

On Dec 29, 2007 5:28 PM, Kugel,Miriam <mk.miriam@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am thinking to write a database cleanup tool.
> According to my research they are many application specific database
> cleaners but not a general one.
>
> I found a patent:
> US Patent Number *07188116* - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELETING DATA IN A
> DATABASE
>
> As far as I got it I cannot write my tool because I am infringing this
> patent.
>
> Just unbelievable!!!!
>
> Any idea would be welcome.
>
> Miriam
> mk.miriam@gmail.com

Oh, that is precious! And it's IBM, of course...

Why don't you check out mk-archiver (http://maatkit.sourceforge.net/)
and see if it does what you need.

Baron

Do it anyways. Release it as Open Source. IBM is big into the FOSS
community, and I seriously doubt they will persue this.

Just because they have a patent, you can always build a better mouse trap.
You are allowed to improve upon an idea that is patented, or do it a
slightly different way the patent states.

Honestly, sometimes ignorance is bliss. It might have been a better idea to
NOT research patents -- it's not like you were going to build a company
around this little script.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kugel,Miriam [mailto:mk.miriam@gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 2:29 PM
> To: mysql@lists.mysql.com
> Subject: Database Cleaner
>
> I am thinking to write a database cleanup tool.
> According to my research they are many application specific database
> cleaners but not a general one.
>
> I found a patent:
> US Patent Number *07188116* - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR
> DELETING DATA IN A
> DATABASE
>
> As far as I got it I cannot write my tool because I am infringing this
> patent.
>
> Just unbelievable!!!!
>
> Any idea would be welcome.
>
> Miriam
> mk.miriam@gmail.com
>

Can you say "codefendant"?

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On Jan 2, 2008, at 5:20 PM, "Daevid Vincent" <daevid@daevid.com> wrote:

> Do it anyways. Release it as Open Source. IBM is big into the FOSS
> community, and I seriously doubt they will persue this.
>
> Just because they have a patent, you can always build a better mouse
> trap.
> You are allowed to improve upon an idea that is patented, or do it a
> slightly different way the patent states.
>
> Honestly, sometimes ignorance is bliss. It might have been a better
> idea to
> NOT research patents -- it's not like you were going to build a
> company
> around this little script.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kugel,Miriam [mailto:mk.miriam@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 2:29 PM
>> To: mysql@lists.mysql.com
>> Subject: Database Cleaner
>>
>> I am thinking to write a database cleanup tool.
>> According to my research they are many application specific database
>> cleaners but not a general one.
>>
>> I found a patent:
>> US Patent Number *07188116* - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR
>> DELETING DATA IN A
>> DATABASE
>>
>> As far as I got it I cannot write my tool because I am infringing
>> this
>> patent.
>>
>> Just unbelievable!!!!
>>
>> Any idea would be welcome.
>>
>> Miriam
>> mk.miriam@gmail.com
>>
>
>
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