Patents and Linux

[Alfredo Llanos]

EU(nion) is really an euphemism...Here in Spain we have all parties on  
the free software side...wow! together in something...!
Spanish Goverment is supporting free software projects and the Ireland  
moves is far ahead spanish needs.

Let´s see

Alfredo Llanos.
El 17/05/2004, a las 19:17, Paul Thomas escribió:

>
> On 17/05/2004 09:21 WipeOut wrote:
>> Yes.. If the patent bills go through then it becomes law and anyone  
>> breaking the law goes to jail..
>
> Wrong. Check the law.
>
>> Also mobalising people behind a cause is hard enough so the chances  
>> of getting enough people behind it are pretty slim..
>
> It seems to depend on which way the French vote. It could well go back  
> to the European Parliament.
>
> The UK seem to be sitting on the side-lines on this one as the  
> proposed directive would require any liberalisation of UK patent law  
> and UK patent law falls well short of the width of US patentability  
> (anyone trying to tell you otherwise is either a fool, a liar or  
> both).
>
> My reading of the issue is that the EP amendments were sufficiently  
> narrow to make some existing patents illegal and that's why they were  
> dropped. Of course, this is by no means a as much fun as a conspiracy  
> theory...
>
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