I guess we also need to see if there is a prior use clause for licensing -- which may allow systems that already have integration of a technology to continue to use without further modification. I am not a lawyer, but a very good friend is a patent lawyer here in the states. I guess we need to wait and see.
-- Regards, Michael J. Sammut ____________________________________________________________________ F O U R E Y E S P R O D U C T I O N S think | plan | create :: web site design & development :: NYC E. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | T: 718.254.9557 ext. 101 | F: 718.254.0399 W. http://www.foureyes.com "Paul Hastings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > This could be the end for our much loved geoLocator plugin... > > not only that but a baker's dozen of commercial location services might be > effected. it might also cut to the heart of internet packet routing, etc. > there's also the WHOIS, RIPE, etc. license issues since this is what > everybody uses as the grist for their geoLocation mills. > > not really sure how this will play out as the patent sort of looks like the > technology to build a "good" ip-country db but its couched in enough lawyer > babble so its quite hard to tell if it also covers a simple IP db lookup (i > also have a db based geoLocator CFC but its noticebly slower than the java > one in farcry). > > oh well. > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to farcry-dev as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004
