Gary Robinson's RantsRants on spam, business, digital music, patents, and other assorted random stuff.(Untitled)- September 30, 2003 "Europe Shows Little Patience Over Patents": Alex Hudson of the Association for Free Software says he is reasonably happy with the final wording of the new directive, particularly the wording that data processing procedures or software running on a computer cannot be considered a "technical contribution," and, importantly, that software itself cannot be patented. However, lawyer John Collins says the directive is not a victory for the open-source movement, and "all we're fighting over is the...http://radio.weblogs.com/0101454/2003/09/30.html#a538 |