[Board] OpenSUSE Board Meeting - anti-patterns abound

[Seven (aka Arnulf)]

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...protection against patent wars is also one of the lesser well known
but very important tasks attended to by the OGC. Another good reason
to have an MoU in place and collaborate. Carl Reed has a long list of
prior art dating back to the 80s and regularly checks geo related
patent claims.

And lastly our work in the Incubation committee is of prime importance
to protect against claims.

Cheers,
Arnulf

On 22.07.2013 08:48, Jody Garnett wrote:
> 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.
> 
> I have at watched at least one feature dropped from GeoTools due
> to patents. I am sure other projects have similar stories. -- Jody
> Garnett
> 
> On Monday, 22 July 2013 at 2:00 PM, maplabs at light42.com wrote:
> 
>> I trust that full force patent problems never cross *any* OSGeo 
>> projects..and these financial pressures.. its just grisly to see
>> ...
>> 
>> Anyway, sorry for the unhappy email, I try to be upbeat when I
>> can.. I just had to tell someone ...
>> 
>> -- Brian M Hamlin OSGeo California Chapter
>> 
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