Linus Torvalds (Linux), Monty (MySQL), and Rasmus Lerdorf (PHP) issued a statement against software patents in Europe, as part of the campaign conducted by www.nosoftwarepatents.com.
You need to do your share too; if there’s one thing I believe will seriously turn the IT-business into a messy place, it’s software patents. It’s bad enough as it is that some other countries has it. We definitely do not need nor want them in Europe.