[Patents] Intershop attacked

[Jens Godsk Kolberg jensgk@image.dk]

Greg Aharonian wrote:
> 
> Getting back to stifling innovation, I suggest all of you check the
> open source site, www.freshmeat.net.   Lots of great codes available.
> And the number of programs available grows daily, as does the list
> of new programs amd updates you can get in a daily email.  Hard to
> see much evidence of stifling innovation here (in fact, I see the
> occasional "the latest of update of this program was rewritten to
> avoid infringing some stupid patent X".  Sure, a bit of extra work, but
> at least based on www.freshmeat.net, things seem healthy and growing.
>

Freshmeat is used by people all over the world, - this is one of the great
features of the Internet !

A lot open source  development occurs outside of the US, where software
patents are not an issue, and developers still free to innovate without
being annoyed by software patents.

I think this is the main reason why open source has not been hurt so much by
the US software patents. And also one of the many reasons why software
patents should not be allowed in Europe.

Yours sincerely,

Jens Kolberg