Further readings

• C't Hintergrund (2006): Der Streit über Softwarepatente.* URL: http://www.heise.de/ct/hintergrund/meldung/61230
• European Patent Convention: URL: http://www.european-patent-office.org/legal/epc/e/contents.html
• Kosina, Karin (2001): Softwarepatente in Europa.* URL: http://www.fsf.or.at/artikel/softwarepatente.html
• Lerdorf, Rasmus/Torvalds, Linus/Widenius, Michael (2004): Appeal to the Counil. URL: http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m/intro/app0411.html
• Müller, Florian (2006): Die Lobbyschlacht um Softwarepatente.* URL: http://www.softwarepatente-buch.de/DieLobbyschlachtUmSoftwarepatente.pdf
• Stallman, Richard (2000): The Anantomy of a Trivial Patent. URL: http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-05-26-004-04-OP-LF

*unfortunately only in german

Relevant initiatives

• Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure: URL: http://www.ffii.org
• Free Software Foundation Europe . URL: http://www.fsfeurope.org/index.en.html
• No-Softwarepatents.com. URL: http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com
• No-Softwarepatents-Award URL: http://www.nosoftwarepatents-award.com