6. The rights conferred by patents granted for inventions within the scope of this Directive shall not affect acts permitted under Articles 5 and 6 of Directive 91/250/EEC on the legal protection of computer programs by copyright, in particular under the provisions thereof in respect of decompilation and interoperability.
6a. Member States shall ensure that, wherever the use of a patented technique is needed for a significant purpose such as ensuring conversion of the conventions used in two different computer systems or networks so as to allow communication and exchange of data content between them, such use is not considered to be a patent infringement.
si je comprend bien on peut faire des drivers sous linux.
un driver peut etre considere comme un systeme d'interoperabilite
ce qui sera une non cotrefacon d'un brevet partiellement illegitime :)
[^] # Re: Résumé de la situation.
Posté par cedric . En réponse à la dépêche Directive sur les brevets logiciels adoptée. Évalué à 1.
6. The rights conferred by patents granted for inventions within the scope of this Directive shall not affect acts permitted under Articles 5 and 6 of Directive 91/250/EEC on the legal protection of computer programs by copyright, in particular under the provisions thereof in respect of decompilation and interoperability.
6a. Member States shall ensure that, wherever the use of a patented technique is needed for a significant purpose such as ensuring conversion of the conventions used in two different computer systems or networks so as to allow communication and exchange of data content between them, such use is not considered to be a patent infringement.
si je comprend bien on peut faire des drivers sous linux.
un driver peut etre considere comme un systeme d'interoperabilite
ce qui sera une non cotrefacon d'un brevet partiellement illegitime :)