Anger as IP sacrificed for interoperability
30 June 2008
Eklavya Gupte, London
The European Commission’s initiative to promote interoperability at the expense of IP rights has been criticized by the software industry
On June 25, the European Commission held the
European Interoperability Framework
(EIF)
Info Day
in Brussels, where it presented features of the newly updated EIF, which states that only IP-free standards can be used to achieve interoperability in e-Government services.
The EIF is a document that defines the general rules and principles for collaboration on interoperability between member states and EU institutions.
The Commission has narrowed the focus of the...
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