Wed 06 Jul. 2005

EU Parliament Dumps Software Patent Bill

Slashdot:

European parliament has struck down the proposal for a directive that would have brought US-style software patents into EU.

One comment…

Congratulations to the FFII.org and all the European citizens!

Today we’re a bit closer to freedom :)

And another:

Ok so the current score is 1-0 to the good guys, but I’m pretty sure the game isn’t over yet…

Make Way For WIENUX!

The city of Vienna has reached a milestone (WorldLingo translation) in it’s open source initiative.

(via Heise Online - WorldLingo translation )

Update:

An English article makes for better reading