[Fsfe-ie] Software patents are dangerous --- PriceWaterhouseCoopers

Ben North ben at redfrontdoor.org
Wed Sep 15 12:50:02 CEST 2004


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/15/pwc_swpat_are_a_threat/

claims that

] Services and accountancy firm Price Waterhouse Coopers has formally
] identified software patenting as a threat to the growth and success of
] ICT in Europe.

and goes on to give a bit more detail.  Worth including a reference in
the letter?  If the US' Federal Trade Commission and PwC are both saying
that swpats are bad, it adds a bit of clout to the argument.




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