Comments on: Patents Roundup: Red Hat, Acacia, Microsoft, Apple, and the European Commission http://techrights.org/2009/02/16/patents-acacia-european-commission/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/02/16/patents-acacia-european-commission/comment-page-1/#comment-59672 Roy Schestowitz Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:32:17 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/16/patents-acacia-european-commission/#comment-59672 Antitrust action?? Some of their streams use those formats. The commission is deeply disguised when it comes to Free software (patent policy, doing as you preach, and even Samba). Given Viviane Reding's stance on DRM, I'm beginning to think that she's as bad as Charlie McCreevy. Also remember <a href="http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/13/steve-ballmer-eu-visits/" rel="nofollow">the Microsoft dinnertime story</a>. Antitrust action?? Some of their streams use those formats.

The commission is deeply disguised when it comes to Free software (patent policy, doing as you preach, and even Samba).

Given Viviane Reding’s stance on DRM, I’m beginning to think that she’s as bad as Charlie McCreevy. Also remember the Microsoft dinnertime story.

]]> By: Needs Sunlight http://techrights.org/2009/02/16/patents-acacia-european-commission/comment-page-1/#comment-59671 Needs Sunlight Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:10:53 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/16/patents-acacia-european-commission/#comment-59671 What are the best links for the latest word on Europe's pursuit of antitrust action against WMA and WMV? And what is Europe doing to steer *back* to MPEG and Quicktime or move forward to Ogg Theora? What are the best links for the latest word on Europe’s pursuit of antitrust action against WMA and WMV? And what is Europe doing to steer *back* to MPEG and Quicktime or move forward to Ogg Theora?

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