Its a fight over e-patents, the definition and application of which is being placed in favor of proprietary models by the EU.  Check out http://www.eurolinux.org/ for more info.

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> From: Michael Havens <bmike1@vei.net>
> Date: 2003/12/04 Thu PM 09:17:26 EST
> To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Subject: linux in europe
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> With what is happening in the european courts over linuxif free software loses 
> should we in the US be worried?
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