LinuxCon Europe + CloudOpen Europe

Software patents are a big problem for developers. In countries where they are valid, you can unexpectedly discover you have infringed patents and face legal threats from both big corporations and from ethically suspect companies set up purely to demand money with patents - ""patent trolls"". Even in countries where software patents are not granted, risk remains both from international use of your software and in the event you succeed and want to do business in other countries where software patents are numerous. Deb and Simon will discuss some of the of the most recent developments and describe possible solutions.