The European Commission’s initiative to promote interoperability at the expense of IP rights has been criticized by the software industry
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lozz
1 year 22 hours 51 min 39 sec ago
Non-survival
If "startups" need software patents in order to survive, then it's better if they don't survive.
aboutblank
1 year 16 hours 2 min 35 sec ago
Go European Commission
I certainly hope the EC stand their ground about EIF. If the FOSS developers adopt this, it will mean a massive win for the residents of the member states, which is what this framework is supposed to ultimately serve.
kiba
52 weeks 9 hours 54 min 34 sec ago
Copyright and patent are
Copyright and patent are meaningless for survival in the free market. It is probably more of a danger than an opportunity.
Copyright make proprietary companies weak because free software vendors will alway do better in at least one area, the freedom to modify.
In the market place, I doubt that you would want to intentionally make your products inferior to your competitors, especially over the long term.
Copyright is a boon for free software vendors, but not for the very proprietary vendors that are using it.
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