Re: Negotiating for using Royalty Free patents

[Alan Cox <alan lxorguk ukuu org uk>]

On Llu, 2004-04-12 at 11:18, jamie wrote:
> The European patents thing is mostly FUD put out by FFII. Patenting of
> pure software methods and business methods are not on the agenda (the
> MEPs have made it abundantly clear that they wont allow this ever). The
> only thing that anyone is proposing is allowing software patents in
> embedded devices like the firmware in telecommunication equipment.

Each of those sentences is incorrect

- Patenting *everything* is on the agenda
- The MEP's are being pressured by the commission (ie if you can't do
  it democratically use the EU built in back doors around democracy)