[OSM-talk] Patents

[Richard Fairhurst]

Quoting Dave <osm.list at randomjunk.co.uk>:

> And also, doesn't this cover google's slippy map too? in which case the
> patent has the minor problem of being filed about a month and a half after
> google maps was launched.

Heh, I had a tile-based slippy map up and running at least four months  
before the patent filing, albeit using Flash rather than AJAX:
http://www.systemeD.net/blog/entry041121193219.html (and subsequent)

cheers
Richard