[CS-FSLUG] OT: EU studies impact of software patents on open source
Fred A. Miller
fmiller at lightlink.com
Wed Jun 1 14:08:22 CDT 2005
"The Commission is interested in the economic role played by open-source
software, and this week announced it will fund another study of the topic,
Flossworld, to the tune of €663,000 (US$829,000). The two-year global study
will look at the effect on regional economies of the use and development of
free, "libre" and open-source software (FLOSS). The French word libre is used
here to distinguish the intended meaning of free -- without restriction --
from its other sense in English, without charge."
http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/05/27/HNpatentsandopensource_1.html?source=NLC-OS2005-06-01
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