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<span style="font-size: 14px;">Patent protection is one of the reasons to join a software foundation. In the case of OSGeo we are often hiding behind GRASS as a massive source of prior art.</span>
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<div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">I have at watched at least one feature dropped from GeoTools due to patents. I am sure other projects have similar stories.</span></div><div>-- </div><div>Jody Garnett<br></div><div><br></div></div>
<p style="color: #A0A0A8;">On Monday, 22 July 2013 at 2:00 PM, maplabs@light42.com wrote:</p>
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<span><div> I trust that full force patent problems never cross *any* OSGeo projects..and these financial pressures.. </div><div> its just grisly to see ... </div><div><br></div><div> Anyway, sorry for the unhappy email, I try to be upbeat when I can.. I just had to tell someone ... </div><div><br></div><div>--</div><div>Brian M Hamlin</div><div>OSGeo California Chapter</div><div><br></div><div>_______________________________________________</div><div>Board mailing list</div><div><a href="mailto:Board@lists.osgeo.org">Board@lists.osgeo.org</a></div><div><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board</a></div></span>
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