http://swpat.ffii.org/news/03/plen0924/index.en.html
Looks like we can still safely program in europe for a few more years
Looks like we can still safely program in europe for a few more years
blight said:bah..... fuck USA - if HTML is really gonna be changed its not only gonna affect USA, who is the only country in which such stupid patents are legal, but the whole world... tornados will become bigger and bigger until the US politicians are sucked off from our earth
blight said:bah..... fuck USA - if HTML is really gonna be changed its not only gonna affect USA, who is the only country in which such stupid patents are legal, but the whole world... tornados will become bigger and bigger until the US politicians are sucked off from our earth
smegforbrain said:Actually, IE itself may cause some people headaches here very soon.
Microsoft is currently appealing a case they lost where a company claims to have patented plugins first for software.
So, browsers will be forced to change since they targetted MS first and MS lost (so far).
Frankly, it's just a bunch of bullshit litigation that cares nothing of us, the normal user, and only of making money.
But we're going to suffer for it.
That's part of the reason behind the lack of software patents in the EU.
The problem isn't the patents, it's how they are applied.
blight said:bah..... fuck USA - if HTML is really gonna be changed its not only gonna affect USA, who is the only country in which such stupid patents are legal, but the whole world... tornados will become bigger and bigger until the US politicians are sucked off from our earth
Cyberman said:The question is really what is patentable, a lot of hard work goes into something, what can be patented.