Software patent campaigners have reacted with surprise to an apparent change in the European Commission's stance on those patents.
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The European Commission has expressed doubt over Microsoft's announcement claiming a move toward greater interoperability.
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 EU has again failed to ratify the software patent directive after a crucial last-minute intervention, and opponents of software patents are celebrating.
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.
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.
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