Software patent campaigners have reacted with surprise to an apparent change in the European Commission's stance on those patents.
The European Commission says it will let the controversial software-patent directive die if enough opposition to it is mustered in the European Parliament. But some see this as a veiled threat.
The revised European Patent Convention updates the original agreement with more flexibility, more legal certainty, simpler procedures and reduced costs.
Open-source software company Red Hat has said that it is concerned that Microsoft patent arrangements may not be compatible with open-source licensing models.
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.
Free Software Foundation President Richard Stallman says Microsoft's chairman is blurring the issue of software patents.
Richard Stallman says even if Sun and others follow IBM's lead and started defusing the patent minefield of software development, the battle against software patents must continue.
With an increase in patent activity across the globe, we ask if businesses need to be concerned with their intellectual property.
The software giant's recent XML-related patent applications highlight the struggle between open and proprietary.
Although Sun Microsystems recently made software patents available for use by open-source developers, OSI founder Bruce Perens cautions that the patent picture is turning increasingly murky.
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