The shadow cast over open source development by patent regime reform and associated litigation is growing ever longer.
Should the European Commission formalise the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive, it could seriously affect the development of open source software.
In the latest twist, it looks like the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive now will not now be revised by the EC. Campaigners say they are furious.
Microsoft has denied threatening to take jobs away from Denmark unless the Danish government supported the software patent directive.
The European Commission is pushing the EU Council to ratify the controversial software patent directive, sweeping aside the concerns raised last week by a European Parliament committee.
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