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Old 02-20-2005, 03:35 AM   #1
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YAY! EU throws out Software-patents (for now...)


http://www.technewsworld.com/story/news/40729.html
Good news so far.
 
Old 02-20-2005, 03:51 AM   #2
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At least there are still some sane people out there
 
Old 02-20-2005, 09:59 AM   #3
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I heard a lot of this, but mostly opinions. I am still not sure of the real picture.

What were the implications of these patents? And I don't mean the philosophical issues, but the concrete ones. Would this have dealt a major blow to open source software?
 
  


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