What happens next:

What happens next:

Posted Sep 25, 2003 8:21 UTC (Thu) by hingo (guest, #14792)
In reply to: What happens next: by bojan
Parent article: Text of the proposed EU patent directive

"Now you'll see hardware manufacturers like IBM and Motorola submitting pure software patents wrapped into "this is a piece of hardware" crap."

Yes, but as I see it, the directive also ensures that red hat can distribute up2date (in europe, of course) as long as it has nothing to do with the hardware that is patented.

Put another way: If you distribute software on a CD, you cannot be infringing on a hardware patent.

henrik

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