Hello people, This is important. The legal department of the European Parlement has decided that unlimited patenting is going to be allowed on software. This is a killer for the opensource community and will most likely mean the end of a lot of smaller software companies. Apparently the European Parlement did not learn the first thing about the current situation in the US, and it is very likely that these plans will become reality. This will also mean that monopolists such as Microsoft will gain even more power and that all alternatives can actually be ruled out. Therefore, I would appreciate it a lot if you signed this petition on http://petition.eurolinux.org/index_html?LANG=en
Thanks in advance, Leendert Brouwer http://www.daholygoat.com
