EU Patent Law Could Impede Open Source

[Knut Yrvin]

The European Union's proposed law on software-related patents will 
affect any IT company doing business in the EU, according to legal 
experts. In its current form, the proposed directive on 
"computer-implemented inventions" could harm open-source developers and 
smaller software companies because it potentially makes it easier for 
patent holders to defend software-related patents, attorneys said.

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1772557,00.asp

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