On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Andre Engels wrote:
Well, there is the technique of 'defensive patents'. The idea is to use the patents as a protection against paying royalties on other people's patents, by threatening to counter-claim when someone tries to do so.
Actually given that Ward Cunningham now works for Microsoft and Microsoft is developing their own wiki software, it might be a good idea to get a patent on some of MediaWiki's unique features.
Imran