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The European Parliament and European Commission are currently at loggerheads about software patents and the definition of "computer-implemented inventions." The open source community is trying desperately to stop any kind of patenting, while large IT corporations such as Microsoft are trying to lobby the parliament into allowing just about any software technique through. In the midst of all this, doomsayers have been predicting the death of Linux and open source software. Open source projects such as MPlayer are now posting huge "The End Is Nigh" notices on their sites. But things aren't as dark as they might seem.
FOSS community is not afraid of anything but they take issues seriously like they should. The patent laws are corrupt and consequently we have to be careful not to fall into a serious situations. What this article is saying is just ignore the patents because it can't harm FOSS. This is a very wrong attitude. Never take the law lightly because, right or wrong, it is enforcible just because it is the law. It is our responsibility to stop any law that doesn't server citizens from passing. This article is advocating the opposite and I consider it to be very naive and counter productive.
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