On 1/21/06, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski <rathann@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thankfully not everyone lives in the US so some of us don't have to put > up with stupid US patent system and law. I think that's exactly why > such software is being written in Europe, and not in the US. You don't have to deal with these stupid laws yet..... Corporate globalization and international trade put a significant pressure on "standardization" of copyright and patent policies. I fear, and everyone should fear, that standardization of national patent policies around the world, in the long run, will look more like what the US has right now. Ignoring the current US patent policies, like its a benign localized tumor is a mistake. Software patents are a malignant cancer, and it will spread through the veins and arteries of global trade, unless something can be done to uproot software patents that exist now. I hope everyone in the EU FOSS community plans to be a part of the new round of "feedback" on EU wide patent policy. The software patent policy fight in the EU is far from over. http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/indprop/patent/consultation_en.htm http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1911950,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000616 -jef"the disparity between the EU and US patent policies we currently have is a transient anomaly.. the policies will converge"spaleta -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list