[CS-FSLUG] TORVALDS COMES OUT AGAINST EU PATENT DIRECTIVE

Fred A. Miller fmiller at lightlink.com
Wed Nov 24 16:08:39 CST 2004


TORVALDS COMES OUT AGAINST EU PATENT DIRECTIVE

Three prominent open source software developers, including Linus
Torvalds, the creator of Linux, have issued a statement urging the
European Union Council to reject proposed legislation that would codify
the practice of granting software patents in the E.U.

http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A1B48F:1F5C3D3

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