Pax Europa

The European parliament must be congratulated for not following the US software patent model. Just to reiterate the evils of software patents, here are some points why it is so.

- Software is already protected by copyright, patents are not needed
- Software patents cause a high burden on the economy especially to small organizations which forms the majority of the IT industry
- Software patents are anti-competitive which results in less choice and higher prices to customers
- Software patents are impediments to the natural evolution and improvement of indigeniously created software
- Software and the process of development and innovation in the software industry is very different from that of the other industries.

One small step for Europe, one giant leap for the IT industry especially for the FSF and OSI.