Brussels, 19/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, the European Commission is expected to adopt (by written procedure) a proposal on the patentability of computer software. Establishing a compromise between the major software producers (with Microsoft in the lead, which hoped for an extended patent) and the defenders of free access to software along the lines of the Linux system, the proposal will allow new applications arising from a software to be patented, but not the software...