Via Groklaw: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/itemlongdetail.cfm?item_id=2539&tpa_id=146&lang=en
"[PJ: Uh oh. Is this moving toward an EU-wide patent system? Do they understand the GPL? The FOSS development model? Note Towards an increased contribution from standardisation to innovation in Europe [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2008:0133:FIN:EN:PDF], page 10, "Communication from the Commission to the Council, the EU Parliament and the EU Economic and Social Committee": "(7)Both intellectual property rights (IPRs) and standardisation encourage innovation and facilitate the dissemination of technology. However, as they contribute to these common objectives by different means, due regard needs to be paid to the interrelation between IPR and standarisation. "The Commission encourages the ESOs to continue their efforts to make the FRAND [fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory] policy effective and to develop mechanisms to prevent abuses of the standard-setting process. The Commission will launch a fact-finding study to analyse the interplay of IPR and standards."]" _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
