@dalias Say you want the public to benefit from a video codec that's usable by free software in countries where MPEG-LA members hold patents. Would there have been a better way to go about this than how Google released WebM using On2's TrueMotion VP8?
WildeVlog0002 — SWPat Part 1/3: T-Shirt 4 Change
WildeVlog0003 — SWPat Part 2/3: #TBT 2004 Demo
WildeVlog0004 — SWPat Part 3/3: The End of Patents
6yh of July 2005, when multinational corporations asked the European Parliament to reject the software patent directive, and push for the Unified Patent Court (UPC) instead #swpat #kayak #upc
I know times are tough, but imagine if they got tougher by having to deal with software patents in Europe?
I'd recommend supporting this FFII initiative, specially if you're in the business of writing software...
Long-time Slashdot reader zoobab shares this update about the long-standing Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure, a Munich-based non-profit opposing ratification of a "Unified Patent Court" by Germany: The FFII is crowdfunding a constitutional complaint in Germany against the third atte...
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