Software Patents Could Stop EU Linux Development

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday March 1, 2005 @07:42AM from the or-so-he-says-anyway dept.

sebFlyte writes "An expert in computer and Internet law has advised that if the CIID is passed in europe (which looks likely but is not certain) then the threat of patent litigation could bring European Linux development to a grinding halt." From the article: "There is no question that some of the open source software that is out there -- such as the Linux kernel itself -- has got patent violations in there. That is acknowledged. There is more danger that those potential violations will be litigated..."

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And this just in... by Anita+Coney · 2005-03-01 07:54 · Score: 1, Redundant

The sky is blue. Water is wet. And Gates is rich.

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If someone says he and his monkey have nothing to hide, they almost certainly do.
1. Re:And this just in... by Catbeller · 2005-03-01 08:03 · Score: 0, Redundant
  
  "And Gates is rich."
  
  And will buy every one of those patents.
  
  Game. Set. Match.