[Gdal-dev] MapTech / BSB Legal Issues

[Alessandro Amici]

> poor man proofs:
> - samba Reverse Engeneered the smb protocol (evil company is microsoft)
> - openoffice.org REed the doc format (see above)
> both ptojects are still operating and no major problem is on the horizon.

- gnumeric REed the xls format (MS again)

c'mon if billg hasn't managed to stop the reverse engeneering of their own 
binary formats how can maptech succeed!