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Roberto Galoppini 1:24 pm on April 1, 2009 Permalink | Reply
Tags: beowulf, EPO ( 2 ), FFII ( 3 ), software patents ( 6 )

European Software Patents: the War is Over
The Software Patents war is finally over, glad open source cluster technology made it possible.

Brussels & Munich, 1st April 2009 — After years of confidential work, the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) today announce a radical way to improve software patent quality: Binaries-As-Prior-Art, or BAPA. BAPA combines a database of billions of compiled computer programs (“binaries”) with a powerful Cloud search engine that can find any invention in microseconds.

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Carlo Piana, Roberto Galoppini, Douglas Henderson, and 3 others are discussing. Toggle Comments
- Dido 1:34 pm on April 1, 2009 Permalink
  
  Wonderfull fish, Roberto 🙂
- Seth Grimes 1:41 pm on April 1, 2009 Permalink
  
  Chief Engineer B.U. Scotty, eh?
  
  Beam me up!
- Douglas Henderson 7:40 pm on April 2, 2009 Permalink
  
  Hello, from Maine –
  
  While much of the text was beyond me (being a 71 year old Pianola roll arranger), I got the gist and was aware of the lawsuits via articles in The Register (U.K.).
  
  Thanks to your sharing that URL I gained a little more understanding of this emerging field.
  
  Best wishes, Douglas
- Roberto Galoppini 7:55 am on April 3, 2009 Permalink
  
  Dear Douglas, I fooled you apparently, but you are not the only one! Few IT people asked before, kudos to FFII friends to have written such a good fool of April!
- Carlo Piana 9:54 am on April 8, 2009 Permalink
  
  I must admit this is the only April’s Fool that actually started fooling me. Very well done, FFII! And Thanks Roberto for sharing! 🙂
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