A big thread currently going on at the hadoop common user mailing list -
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/hadoop-common-user/201001.mbox/<2c36b701001200817g77f245b1x6ba9d7d2cfd9e...@mail.gmail.com> .
A good number of you might have already seen that thread, but just opening up a thread for discussion to see what the thoughts of the community are , w.r.t. patent and how much (if at all) of the application would be related to that / any refactorings as necessary as seen by the team or thoughts in general to the same.
