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- From: "Sylvain Perchaud" <sylvain@europe-shareware.org>
- To: Brevets <patents@aful.org>
- Subject: German ISP on software patents
- Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 13:21:43 +0200
- Organization: Europe Shareware
The German ISP 1&1 [1] sent a letter to the Members of the European
Parliament to warn them about the consequences of the current directive text.
The letter says that hundred thousands of european companies rely on free
software or CGIs and that such patents as the "Shopping cart" patent can
harm more than 12.000 Internet-Shops.
Such patents are said to ban competition and innovation since software
innovation is evolutionnary and not revolutionnary.
The article from Heise (German):
"1&1 will EU-Richtlinie zur Softwarepatentierung verhindern"
<http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/wst-15.09.03-000/>
[1] <http://www1.1und1.de/>
[2] the EP0807891 "Shopping cart" patent was granted by the European
Patent Office to US company Sun Microsystems
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Sylvain Perchaud
Tel : +33 (0) 674 758 551
http://www.europe-shareware.org
- German ISP on software patents, Sylvain Perchaud
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