Subj : Re: Software Patents To : comp.programming From : Michael Vondung Date : Fri Jul 08 2005 11:37 pm On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 18:58:58 +0200, Heinz-Jürgen Oertel wrote: > It was a community of programmers, company owners, and with the help of very > courageous fellows to make it happen. Now if it is also decided that US software patents are not recognised in Europe, *then* this will be a sweeping victory. How will these be handled? M. .