[linux-audio-dev] European software patents?

[Michael Moritz]

we are a non-for -profit ISP based in the UK and at the moment we are 
discussing the software patents issue. Does anyone know what legal 
implications it would have to host projects which are protected by 
patents? Any reports from the US about cases?

Thanks

Michael
Juhana Sadeharju wrote:

>Hello. I picked the text below from xine-devel, but I picked it too
>late. If this topic has been discussed here, I have missed the thing.
>
>If Europe gets the software patents, I'm willing to archive
>any withdrawn software to our archive site ftp.funet.fi.
>There they may wait another 20 years for reappearence.
>
>What to do if Europe gets the software patents and your
>software is requested to be taken away from public?
>How far one should go in order to get the case officially
>reported? At least, one should not take anything away
>upon an e-mail request as then nothing is officially reported.
>It is important to get the cases reported each time so that
>the cases can be analysed later by the researchers.
>
>Juhana
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