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● 02.25.12

●● Microsoft and Its Lobbyists Push FRAND to Kill FOSS in Europe

Posted in Europe, Microsoft, Patents at 11:22 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Summary: Additional details about Microsoft’s propaganda campaign for flat fees on Free software

IN HIS many remarks on the subject, the president of the FFII continues to express concerns about FRAND — an issue we’ll spend more time covering, especially now that Microsoft pays scum like Florian Müller to promote it. This is perhaps the #1 barrier to FOSS, which some charlatan who goes by the name “FOSS patents” is trying to promote in order to suppress or kill FOSS. Talk about importance of names…

=> ↺ remarks | ↺ subject | scum | ↺ Florian Müller

“IMCO is the leading committee,” writes the FFII’s presidet, “there are no amendments to remove FRAND, so it will probably go through [...] Too late. Greens even tabled AM260 which supports FRAND. Crazzy when you think Greens should be against swpats.”

They are perhaps being deceived, in part by Microsoft lobbying (though proxies like BSA as well).

=> ↺ BSA

Having watched this very closely for years, later on he wrote: “FRAND will become EU law, unless there is a mobilisation against it.” And moreover:

=> ↺ he wrote | ↺ moreover

AM260: Greens supporting the undefined FRAND term in EU law on standards, the anti-free weapon

Finally he wrote:

=> ↺ wrote

Greens supporting the undefined FRAND term in EU law on standards, where are we going?

We are going into FOSS as “illegal” (or incompatible as matter of law). This must be stopped. █

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