[OSM-talk] Patents

[Kristian Thy]

On Wed, Jan 10, Christopher Schmidt wrote:
>> Looks like a software patent so probably completely unenforceable in the UK.
> Yes, probably so.

At the moment, it is only applicable in the US. There is, however, the
possibility that software patents will be instituted in the EU, in which
case there's a huge backlog of patent applications already. This will
probably be among them. Still, as long as OSM has no money, it'll
probably not be a problem :)
 
> Jens and Lars Rasmussen are the people who created Google Maps.

That explains the Mountain View address on the patent :)

\\kristian
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