[ILUG] How about more Isoftware-using Irish SMEs sign the "economic majority" FFII list?

[Justin Mason]

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Good point -- in fact if I recall correctly customers of some
MS database product ran into exactly this situation, where a "patent
troll" company bought up some database-related patents and started
sending invoices for licensing fees to MS' customers.

- --j.

David Golden writes:
> Just a related point, even if you're not up for heading to Brussels:
> 
> Do remember that the economic impact of software patents could
> apply to your company if you are a  software using company, not
> just a software producing  company: software patents apply to use of 
> software, and in fact a typical tactic of the patent troll company is 
> to go after end-users of software products. 
> 
> This is ILUG and presumably a few linux-using SME employees hang out 
> here, but do also remember that it's not just Open Source software that 
> is vulnerable to patent attack.
> 
> There _are_  some entries from Ireland at present, but I find it 
> difficult to believe there shouldn't be a few more...
> 
> http://www.economic-majority.com/supporter.en.php?country=ie
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