[devel] MRTG dead... =(
Alexander Bokovoy
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Пт Сен 12 21:57:50 MSD 2003
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.
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