Potential patent issues

[Simen kjaeraas]

Nick Sabalausky <a at a.a> wrote:

> "retard" <re at tard.com.invalid> wrote in message
> news:ih7jv4$q49$7 at digitalmars.com...
>> Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:44:38 -0500, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>>
>>> "Andrej Mitrovic" <andrej.mitrovich at gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:mailman.724.1295465996.4748.digitalmars-d at puremagic.com...
>>>> Or pack your bags and move to Europe. :p
>>>
>>> I thought Europe was getting software patents?
>>
>> It's the US intellectual property mafia pushing software patents to EU
>> via WIPO, bribes, and extortion.
>
> Well yea, but whatever the source of it, I was under the impression that  
> it
> was succeeding, or had already succeeded.

In the EU, it is succeeding at least to an extent. However, many EU members
do not want software patents, and few European countries outside EU would
consider it. (about half of Europe is not part of the EU)


-- 
Simen