Some of you may remember the patent that was awarded to multimap.com
back in 2000-2001. We all thought it was dead, but I came across a blog
a few days ago (http://www.systemed.net/blog/?p=68) that leads to the
conclusion that Microsoft (who bought multimap.com) may have started
licensing this patent (or some related one).
I don't think there is much to worry about given the amount of prior
art, but since this blog was very well written and contained lots of
interesting references, I started a page in the OSGeo wiki to keep a
trace of all that collective knowledge, in case it is ever needed.
The wiki entry is at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Web_Mapping_Patents, and
as for any wiki, you are welcome to contribute any relevant info that
you may have.
Daniel
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Daniel Morissette
http://www.mapgears.com/
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