LinuxJournal: SAP: Open Source's Friend or Foe? http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-164885/linuxjournal:sap:open-source-s-friend-or-foe Posts in the discussion thread "LinuxJournal: SAP: Open Source's Friend or Foe?" - The problem here is that SAP likes software patents. In another obscure filing, this time to the European Patent Office, it spends pages arguing that the current, already-porous regime for granting patents on software in Europe should be loosened even further. Other ideas that SAP objects to in the European report include “Promote OSS initiatives targeted to commoditize software products of interest to European industries,” and the creation of the “European OSS forge” and “The European OSS test bed.” http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-164885#post-517276 LinuxJournal: SAP: Open Source's Friend or Foe? http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-164885/linuxjournal:sap:open-source-s-friend-or-foe#post-517276 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:19:44 +0000 zoobab 2946 "The problem here is that SAP likes software patents. In another obscure filing, this time to the European Patent Office, it spends pages arguing that the current, already-porous regime for granting patents on software in Europe should be loosened even further. Other ideas that SAP objects to in the European report include “Promote OSS initiatives targeted to commoditize software products of interest to European industries,” and the creation of the “European OSS forge” and “The European OSS test bed.” "

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