Well, looks like Europe just did the exact *opposite* of this -- it was on Slashdot this morning:
http://press.ffii.org/Press%20releases/EuroParliament%20to%20exclude%20Free%20Software%20with%20patents%20and%20FRAND They intend to introduce FRAND ("fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory") patent licensing law, which would mean you can't simply withhold patent licenses, you need to license them to anyone who wants them under reasonable terms. But they intend to exclude free software from the definition. (I'm not too sure on the details, but it doesn't sound good.) _______________________________________________ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb
