Jorwin used our newssubmit to tell us that Slashdot has an article about the BSA that seems to have influence on the European Comission.
The proposal is about a directive that should give software developers the ability to patent their software.
Holger Blasum writes: "The European Commission's proposal for a directive on software patents making software patentable in Europe is announced today (the commission's proposal still will have to pass council and parliament). |
MSWord's "Author" field suggests that it comes straight from the BSA's director of public policy. See the Eurolinux press release for a brief summary, more details can be found at the FFII website. Or, if you prefer French, zdnet.fr has some coverage too." T
he EC's site has several webpages about the proposal: a main page, FAQ, and the official copy of the proposal. Comparing the proposal-as-released with the draft obtained by Eurolinux, many sections are identical, some sections are nearly identical and a few sections have been completely rewritten.
I personally am against patents on software because it is bad for us consumers, it will make software more expensive, because software developers that want to use certain features of other software will need to pay an extra fee, and is software not expensive enough already ?
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Source: Slashdot.org
