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Report on Software Patents
sien writes: "The Fraunhofer Institute, holder of the patent on the MP3 codec, has published a report (PDF, German) recommending that patents on software not be added in the EU. There is a ZDNet story, and also here which is a German site for protecting innovation from misuse of patents. The report is important because it will be considered in the EU wide decision on software patents." -
Germany Frees Crypto
marlon shakespeare writes "The German cabinet today released a policy statement on the unrestricted use of encryption. Unfortunately the article's in German but the rought gist of it is available in English. " Hopefully some certain other countries will follow the German lead on this one.