cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis) wrote: > as current EU legislation explicitly forbids software-patents[1] none of > those are currently legal. _If_ we loose the current legaslitive battle > that might change, but sofar we seem to be winning (be it with some close > calls countering the underhanded maneuvers of the pro-patent lobby). Even though they're illegal, the amount of money it takes to *prove* that to a patent court is more than most F/OSS projects have. -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GAT/CM$/CS>$/CC/IT$/M/S/O/U dpu s+:++ !a C++$>C+++$ UB+++>++++$L++++$*-- P+>++$ L+++(++++)$ E-(---) W+++>$ N(+) o? K- w--(---) O? M V? PS++@ PE-@ Y+@ PGP++(+++)>$ t? 5? X? R tv--(-) b++(+++)@ DI? D? G e->++++ h* r? z* ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ David Mandelberg mandelbergd@eth0.is-a-geek.org
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