Open-Sourcers Launch Campaign To Weaken European Patents - at the expense of copyright law?

"miriam clinton (iriXx)" <iriXx-i/[email protected]> Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:00:32 -0700
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1817&e=6&u=/cmp/20041021/tc_cmp/50900171&sid=96120750

Open-Sourcers Launch Campaign To Weaken European Patents

A group of companies promoting open-source software launched a campaign 
in Europe Wednesday that is designed to bolster the use of copyright law 
at the expense of patent law in a move they believe will help safeguard 
the spread of open-source software....

??? bolster the use of copyright law???

wots going on here then???

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1817&e=6&u=/cmp/20041021/tc_cmp/50900171&sid=96120750

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