From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 20:57:50 +0300 From: Alexander Bokovoy To: ALT Devel discussion list Subject: Re: [devel] MRTG dead... =( Message-ID: <20030912175750.GT29592@sam-solutions.net> Mail-Followup-To: ALT Devel discussion list References: <3F6207EB.5030108@altlinux.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <3F6207EB.5030108@altlinux.ru> X-BeenThere: devel@altlinux.ru X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list Reply-To: ALT Devel discussion list List-Id: ALT Devel discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 17:57:23 -0000 Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Post: Это протест против патентов на ПО в Европе. Сайт откроется, когда протесты завершатся. On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 09:52:43PM +0400, Nikita Gergel wrote: > Closed because of "Software-Patents" > > On September 22nd, 2003 the European Parliament will decide about the > legalisation and adoption of so-called "software patents" in Europe. > Software Patents are already used by large companies in other countries > (like the US) to put competitors out of business. This can lead to the > termination of many software projects such as MRTG, at least within > Europe. > > In Europe, 30,000 "software patents" have already been granted. Currently > without a legal foundation. But if the new law passes on the 22nd, the > patent owners can claim exclusive rights and collect license fees for > trivial things like "progress bars", "mouseclicks on online order forms" > or "the concept of scrolling within a window". > > Software developers will have to pay the "software-patentholders" for > using these features, even in their own, self-developed applications. This > has the potential of stalling the development of innovative software for > small and medium companies. Because the matter is so complex every > software author will have to get expensive legal aid to determine if his > self-developed software is possibly violating some "software-patents". If > he fails todo so, he risks expensive licensing fees being charged years > after the release of the software, as a patent owner suddenly discovers > that his invention of using "underlined text to markup a hyperlink" has > been used without permisson. > > Contrary to real patents, "software-patents" are, in the current draft, > monopolization of business ideas and methods, even without any tangible > technical implementation. > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@altlinux.ru > http://altlinux.ru/mailman/listinfo/devel -- / Alexander Bokovoy --- The major sin is the sin of being born. -- Samuel Beckett