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Posted in America, Antitrust, Deals, Europe, Free/Libre Software, Microsoft, Patents, Samba at 5:42 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Remember FFII's statement about Europe's agreement with Microsoft? Well, it has just received some press coverage.
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EU Commissioner Kroes’ deal with Microsoft creates real dangers to Europe’s growing open source economy, warns the FFII.
The following article from Australia goes further and looks deeper at this new scenario. It seems to actually conclude that the conditions imposed after the deal will give reasons for developers to escape a defective patent system and potentially settle in Europe.
Under terms of the ruling, Microsoft will publish an irrevocable pledge not to assert any patents it may have over the interoperability information against non-commercial open source software development projects.
There appear to be conflicting interpretations of this agreement, so it remains a little confusing. Eventually, everything will become clearer as opinions converge and reach a consensus.
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