A draft report [PDF] from Edvard Kožušník was produced for the European Parliament and it sure has room for improvement. This paper on the future of European standardisation contains some elements which may exclude Free software (as defined in terms of the GPL, the most ubiquitous software licence).

“This paper on the future of European standardisation contains some elements which may exclude free software (as defined in terms of the GPL, the most ubiquitous software licence).”In page 63 we have the text which speaks of "the need to ensure that licenses for any essential IPRs contained in standards are provided on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory conditions" and that's just a euphemism for patent tax.

It was only last night that we explained how Microsoft lobbyists and mobbyists were promoting RAND in Europe and the Open Web Foundation, partly staffed by Microsoft, has also included the RAND problem within its boundaries. It's crucial not to let this be. It's a way of illegalising software freedom and the European Commission fell for it [1, 2, 3, 4]. ⬆