Thursday, September 25, 2003
Linus Torvalds and Alan Cox (Linux pioneers) on softwarer patenting - open letter to EU:
Linus Torvalds and Alan Cox: Open Letter to the European Parliament: "Linus Torvalds Alan Cox"
"Open Letter to the Honourable Pat Cox, the President of the European Parliament, members of the European Parliament:
"Dear Mr. Cox,
We have been following with growing concern that Europe has been extending patentability to computer programs. Now European Parliament is about to vote on a directive that could put a stop to this development, or make it worse, depending on how it is amended by the Parliament.
US experience shows that, unlike traditional patents, software patents do not encourage innovation and R&D, quite the contrary. In particular they hurt small and medium-sized enterprises and generally newcomers in the market..."
Linus Torvalds and Alan Cox: Open Letter to the European Parliament: "Linus Torvalds Alan Cox"
"Open Letter to the Honourable Pat Cox, the President of the European Parliament, members of the European Parliament:
"Dear Mr. Cox,
We have been following with growing concern that Europe has been extending patentability to computer programs. Now European Parliament is about to vote on a directive that could put a stop to this development, or make it worse, depending on how it is amended by the Parliament.
US experience shows that, unlike traditional patents, software patents do not encourage innovation and R&D, quite the contrary. In particular they hurt small and medium-sized enterprises and generally newcomers in the market..."
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