The Quiet War Over Open-Source (TechNews.com) By Jonathan Krim,
Washinton Post
Thursday, August 21, 2003; Page E01.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations and administers 23 international treaties dealing with different aspects of intellectual property protection. When a WIPO official
said that they welcomed a meeting to discuss open source software, lobbyists from Microsoft-funded trade groups started pushing officials at the State Department and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to squelch the meeting. The organization has said it no longer has plans for an open-source gathering.

See earlier post here

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