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FFII: Council Presidency Adopts Software Patent AgreementFFII: Council Presidency Adopts Software Patent AgreementPosted Mar 7, 2005 16:07 UTC (Mon) by yodermk (subscriber, #3803)Parent article: FFII: Council Presidency Adopts Software Patent Agreement
Well, it still has to get through Parlament, and given the previous disregard of the EC towards them, they may have good reason to reject this yet. Let's hope.
If indeed it becomes a done deal, what would be the effect on Linux? Obviously it would be Bad for all small software developers, but would it really destroy Linux?
I ask because in the USA, despite all the hysteria, patents have not done much to slow Open Source, just inconvenience it on occasion. Would it be worse in Europe?
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FFII: Council Presidency Adopts Software Patent Agreement Posted Mar 7, 2005 16:15 UTC (Mon) by kh (subscriber, #19413) [Link] What's the good of hindering Free software development in the US if it can just shift to Europe? Things may radically change in both places with this legislation.
Effect on Free Software Posted Mar 7, 2005 16:15 UTC (Mon) by ncm (subscriber, #165) [Link] The patent holders have been lying low while they waited for Europe to come around. Had they started enforcing bogus patents earlier, Europeans might have noticed and kept the status quo.
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