# OrioleDB Patent: now freely available to the Postgres community

DevFeed: [OrioleDB Patent: now freely available to the Postgres community](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/orioledb-patent-now-freely-available-to-the-postgres-community-476.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://supabase.com/blog/orioledb-patent-free>)

Author: Paul Copplestone

Published: 2025-09-09T07:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Supabase Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/supabase-blog.md>)

Topics: [Supabase](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/supabase.md>), [PostgreSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/postgresql.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scalability.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-infrastructure.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>), [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>)

Tags: [acquisition](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/acquisition.md>), [apache](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apache.md>), [contribute](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/contribute.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [legal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/legal.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [postgresql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgresql.md>), [scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scalability.md>), [source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/source.md>)

## AI overview

Supabase has completed its acquisition of OrioleDB and now offers OrioleDB users, including proprietary forks, a non-exclusive license to the related U.S. patent. OrioleDB will remain an Apache 2.0 open source PostgreSQL storage extension, with continued work focused on performance, scalability, community contributions, and eventual upstream integration into PostgreSQL.

## Source excerpt

Supabase is explicitly making available a non-exclusive license of the OrioleDB patent to all OrioleDB users in accordance with the OrioleDB license.