Now that the European Council passed the changes to the European patent law allowing the patentability of software, with support from Germany and France, it seems fair to say that FOSS in Europe is on its way to be royally f*ked up. Spain seems to be the only country to vote against the project.

To the European users, developers and lovers of Knoppix and Free Software: you were lied by your governments (that's not news...) who told they were to abstain or vote against these changes (e.g. Germany). Now do what you have to do, cast your votes accordingly, write letters to your MEPs and representatives, be vigilantes and keep supporting Free Software.

It's not the end of the world, but it's a huge step closer.