On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 07:32:19AM -0500, simo wrote:
On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 15:42 +0000, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote:
On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 09:02:24PM +0100, Free Software Foundation Europe wrote:
- FSFE revisiting software patent information
We have begun to revisit the published information on out webpages. There is increasing discussion of software patents within the institutions, so we are revising the information published on out website. Some updates are already online, and in the coming weeks, we will continue to provide more documentation about the current status as well as summaries of what was learned and what has already happened.
Please increase collaboration with FFII on this subject.
The semi-disaster of the Microsoft-vs-CE result
Why do you call it a disaster? Just for the patents problem? Or is there anything else?
The patents problem.
is still producing the image that Microsoft's software patents are valid *in*Europe*.
It's not the EC that is making this possible, it is the EPO that is releasing patents to Microsoft.
With full support from EC, as usual.
Actually if you think it through you can argue that if the commission forced MS to license their patents for a flat fee, that would constitute much more recognition that such patents were valid,
*YES* this is *THE* principal problem.
However you put it, you can make the EC look good or bad equally. The only way not to "fall" in the patents trap would be to ignore them completely. But you can't, as in some countries there are valid patents and it is much better to be given the option to have a license for these countries than being barred from selling products/services there.
EC has no right to speak for those countries, only Europe. The Microsoft vs EC result is a sham.
Rui