Re: [Gnash] regarding formats

[Daniel James]

Hi Richard,

> Currently, I don't think they can actively be enforced in Europe.

This is a sentiment I've heard in the free software community several 
times since the European Parliament vote last July. However, I think 
it's unrealistically optimistic. Note that the European Parliament voted 
to reject a new directive on software patents, rather than voting for a 
directive which said that software patents were invalid in European law. 
To quote from the FFII press release at the time of the vote:

"It marks the end of an attempt by the European Commission and 
governmental patent officials to impose detrimental and legally 
questionable practises of the European Patent Office (EPO) on the member 
states. However, the problems created by these practices remain unsolved."

Cheers!

Daniel