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Software patents are threat to open-source software.

Companies can and will use software patents in an unpleasant way, because they
have money to pay lawyers while open-source software developers don’t.
Small companies with a tight budget are also likely to suffer.

The use of software patents to protect the investments that a company made in
their software is very small. The misuse will be very big, also because
patents can be very vague. There is a big difference with patents on
inventions of other nature, such as mechanical, because software can be
protected by copyright. And a software invention usually doesn’t require big
investments. You can think of ten items to patent in an hour (believe me, I
have done it). Applying for a patent is just a matter of paying a patent
attorney.

The European Governement is going to vote on Software Patents on
September first. August 27th there will be a big
protest action in Brussels.

More information about software patents on
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