FSF Europe Newsletter

FSF Europe press at fsfeurope.org
Sat Jan 8 18:58:52 UTC 2005


1. Poland disapproves software patent directive in EU Council
2. First victory for EU and FSFE in Microsoft trial
3. FSFE Chapter Italy meets the Italian audience
4. Chapter Italy awarded Prof. Stefano Rodotà
5. Other public appearances


1. Poland disapproves software patent directive in EU Council

With its veto, Poland blocked the final approval of the software patent
directive in the EU Council.  This means that the directive will have
to be discussed again in the Council. Several countries are expected to
have changed their mind against software patents since the last
discussion in May, where only a thin majority was pro software patents.

The FSFE and its associate organisations worked hard on a political
level both in Poland itself and in other countries backing Poland in
this decision to make the veto possible.

  http://www.fsfeurope.org/projects/swpat/


2. First victory for EU and FSFE in Microsoft trial

Bo Versterdorf, President of the European Court, has rejected
Microsoft's appeal to delay execution of the sanctions.  Microsoft has
been forced by the European Commission to publish technical information
about the interfaces of their Windows Operating System to enable
competitors to reach interoperability between their systems and Windows.
The fact that the rest of Microsoft's opponents have decided to resign
from this case, means that this becomes an even more important victory
for the EU Commission and the FSFE.

  http://www.fsfeurope.org/projects/ms-vs-eu/


3. FSFE Chapter Italy meets the Italian audience



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