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So does IBM now have an enforceable copyright on SQL that Oracle infringed upon?

• pjmlp 9y ago
  People keep bringing SQL up, yet don't realize that SQL is an international standard which one needs to pay ISO for, and also to pay for certifications. Oracle has payed for SQL. Google has not payed for Java.
  • fauigerzigerk 9y ago
    The first SQL ISO standard is from 1987. Oracle's first commercial SQL DBMS came out eight years earlier in 1979. In 1987, Oracle was already the largest database vendor and IBM's database business never recovered from that setback. That said, I don't know if Oracle had some sort of licensing agreement with IBM during those early years. The question is what any such agreement would have looked like in light of the recent legal opinions on copyright.
    • pjmlp 9y ago
      Contrary to FOSS myths, SQL ISO standards aren't free and don't write by themselves, Oracle had a seat at the table just like everyone else that matters on the RDMS space. IBM is doing pretty fine with DB 2 and Informix.