"The EU Council will not propose software patents -- at least not this year. According to politicians familiar with the process, the past qualified majority for software patents has eroded, and no decision will be taken under the current Dutch presidency. The latest development is that members of the European Parliament are looking at the possibility to restart the entire legislative process," according to Florian Mueller, the Campaign Manager at NoSoftwarePatents.com.
The campaign is supported by three IT companies: 1&1, Red Hat, and MySQL AB.
