Demonstation against Software Patents in Brussels 10
ZooBaB writes "On May 8 morning in European Parliament in Brussels, innovative software companies such as MySQL, Galeco, Ilog, Opera ... will gather with Richard Stallman and MEPs from the Greens-efa Group to voice their concerns on the implications of software patents on SMEs. Eurolinux calls on software developers, software companies, and all those who support copyright protection for software to come in Brussels and to participate to a demonstration at Place du Luxembourg."
oy vey (Score:1, Troll)
I will come (Score:1, Offtopic)
impressive event (Score:5, Insightful)
Novels & paintings aren't protected by patents (Score:2)
Re:Novels & paintings aren't protected by pate (Score:2)
You can't patent a book because the book does not function. You can't patent a music track or a JPEG for the same reason. You can patent a method of encoding a music track or a JPEG.
I'll be going (Score:1, Funny)