14 points | by giuliomagnifico 19 hours ago ago
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What percent of US businesses are interdependent upon EU?
Why does the US want energy independence?
Why does the EU want tech independence?
EU does not have software patents.
> EU does not have software patents.
Spotify, Libreoffice, VLC, Blender, Proton, Gimp, Mastodon, Deezer etc… Even Docker was born in the EU (France).
You are just listing random software made in the EU, completely disregarding the fact that software is not even patentable in most of not all EU jurisdictions.
The GP probably meant software patents are not recognised in the EU.
Not to forget Linux and Python
What percent of US businesses are interdependent upon EU?
Why does the US want energy independence?
Why does the EU want tech independence?
EU does not have software patents.
> EU does not have software patents.
Spotify, Libreoffice, VLC, Blender, Proton, Gimp, Mastodon, Deezer etc… Even Docker was born in the EU (France).
You are just listing random software made in the EU, completely disregarding the fact that software is not even patentable in most of not all EU jurisdictions.
The GP probably meant software patents are not recognised in the EU.
Not to forget Linux and Python