From jjdj@free.fr Wed, 15 Dec 1999 23:59:31 +0000
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 23:59:31 +0000
From: Jean-Jacques de Jong jjdj@free.fr
Subject: [Patents] Re: Facts vs. Intention

Jean-Paul Smets wrote:

> It is therefore required by law for the European Legislator to include
> some kind of higher juridical protection for people who publish source
> code than for people who only publish binary code. Such protection could
> for example be an article stating that "programmes provided with their
> source code can not be considered as infringement or contributory
> infringement as long as their publisher includes necessary notices and
> technical processes which alert the end user of potential patent
> infringement and require him/she to make an intentional action before
> using the software and comiting a patent infringement"

This sounds like a consistent and fair idea. But it requires a change in
the law, thus a BIG change. Look how slowly the laws evolve... And who
will be able to convince the "European Legislator"? Do you have a
suggestion?

JJJ




