# Supabase — OrioleDB Patent: now freely available to the Postgres community

- Company: Supabase (supabase.com)
- Announced: 2025-09-09T15:00:00+00:00
- Category: not stated
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: no
- Group: routine
- Source: https://supabase.com/blog/orioledb-patent-free
- Record: https://forck.live/items/21334-orioledb-patent-now-freely-available-to-the-postgres-community
- Subject: Supabase
- License: Apache 2.0

Supabase announced that it has completed the legal transfer of OrioleDB assets and now fully owns U.S. Patent 10,325,030. The company is making a non-exclusive license of that patent available to all OrioleDB users, including proprietary forks. OrioleDB's license has been changed to Apache 2.0, and the project will continue as an open-source effort with an open contribution model.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://supabase.com/blog/orioledb-patent-free:

> Today, Supabase is explicitly making available a non-exclusive license of U.S. Patent No. 10,325,030 to all OrioleDB users (including proprietary forks) in accordance with the OrioleDB license.

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