MySQL AB Celebrates European Parliament's Decision Against Software Patents 7 July 2005 -- As Europe's largest open source software company, MySQL AB today acknowledged a major victory for the software development community after the EU Parliament overwhelmingly rejected legislation that would have allowed patents on software. The final vote was 648-32. Founded in Sweden ten years ago, MySQL AB and its founders, Michael "Monty" Widenius and David Axmark, took an early leadership position among European technology vendors in the high-profile debate against software patents. The company also helped sponsor the successful nosoftwarepatents.com campaign."For the full story see: http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/news/article_912.html This item has been viewed 170 times. |
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