Alliance
The Eurolinux Alliance was created in 1999. The following pioneers supported its wide ranging activities:
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AFUL, France
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APRIL, France
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FFII, several nations,
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Associação Nacional para o Software Livre (ANSOL), Portugal
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Hispalinux, Spain
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Association Electronique Libre (AEL), Belgium
- Skåne Sjælland Linux User Group (SSLUG.dk), Denmark/Sweden
- Live - Linuxverband, Germany
- Vereniging Open Source Nederland, Netherlands
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Lilux, Luxembourg
and many more.
What Eurolinux opponents say
In 1999, when the preparatory work for the Diplomatic Conference was underway, a number of activists mainly organised via the Internet under the umbrella of the Eurolinux Alliance6 started activities against patentability of software-related inventions. [..] The most prominent action undertaken by this coalition was the so-called »Eurolinux Petition for a Software Patent Free Europe« [..] In view of the allegations set out in the petition, Eurolinux was in particular rather successful to deliver to the public a message saying that the EPC presently does not allow software patents and, hence, the current practice of the EPC is blatantly illegal. - Software Patentability activist Axel Horns, a German patent attorney