N5UP apparently has filed for patents on the idea of QSLing
electronically, and has made a veiled threat to shut down the Logbook
of the World project through patent protection:
http://www.qslcard.com/qslcard/reasonswhy.cfm
At least that's how I interpret it. Has anybody else been following
this particular patent issue? Anyone found the patent applications
online?
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University of Texas at Austin Amateur Radio Callsign: WM5R
Department of the Computer Sciences VP, Central Texas DX & Contest Club
Taylor Hall TAY 2.124 Maintainer of Linux on Laptops
Austin, TX 78712-1188 USA http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/
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