A sad day for open source developpers
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A sad day for open source developpers
European Union deputees have voted the law legalizing software patents.
Anybody knows what the consequences are for Open Source in general, Reactos in particular?
Anybody knows what the consequences are for Open Source in general, Reactos in particular?
German article:Erlenmayr wrote:it seems to be really bad, but i don't know what exactly is not allowed to copy any more and what we can do now. but i heard that there are some patents on components of ms windows, too.
http://www.heute.de/ZDFheute/inhalt/15/ ... 11,00.html
An English link:
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39190497,00.htm
This is not finished yet. The text has to go back to the EP. If there is more than 66% vote against, it should restart.
I hope
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39190497,00.htm
This is not finished yet. The text has to go back to the EP. If there is more than 66% vote against, it should restart.
I hope
This has been on Slashdot a bunch - it isn't quite law yet but it seems like it would take a small miracle to keep it from becoming law.
It seems like this could really hurt ReactOS, at least in the long run. Aren't most of the ReactOS developers in Europe?
Living in the US where big companies can and do patent anything, I can see that this kills independent innovation.
If anyone wants to help ReactOS and lives in Europe, try to raise awareness of this and write your officials!
It seems like this could really hurt ReactOS, at least in the long run. Aren't most of the ReactOS developers in Europe?
Living in the US where big companies can and do patent anything, I can see that this kills independent innovation.
If anyone wants to help ReactOS and lives in Europe, try to raise awareness of this and write your officials!
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whats so bad bout the eu
hey aleast those coutries is the eu are more laxed with everything esle and u have plenty jobs there....u should be living in the usa where good jobs are hard to find because the unions and osha push them out of the country ..and the crime rate in most sities are thru the roof...well in akron ohio the only job u can get is a 7dollar and hour job if your lucky and not health benifits in most jobs ..but thats why the us is so great ... be happy where your at
Re: whats so bad bout the eu
lol i guess you speak from your own experience. Well....if you don't have any education at all, that doesn't surprise me, except that you'd get jobs here. My experience is that it's pretty hard to find jobs in the EU because experience doesn't matter, it's all about good grades in school decades ago. Companies hesitate to hire people at all because of the f..... socialist laws here. Nvm, just wanted to let you know my opiniontommy44306 wrote:u should be living in the usa where good jobs are hard to find because the unions and osha push them out of the country ..and the crime rate in most sities are thru the roof...well in akron ohio the only job u can get is a 7dollar and hour job if your lucky and not health benifits in most jobs ..but thats why the us is so great ... be happy where your at
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