EU Aims to Make Web Shops Illegal
This would make building any kinds of web stores or shopping carts require a patent license.
I guess European Union has decided to move Internet back to stone age, then. Competitiveness with American software business, indeed.
It is still not too late to do something.
I guess European Union has decided to move Internet back to stone age, then. Competitiveness with American software business, indeed.
It is still not too late to do something.
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