"The European Directive on Copyright law, 91/EC/250, which was recently referenced 'without prejudice' in the latest Directive on the European DMCA-like proposal, makes it clear that interoperability at interfaces points in both software and hardware take precedent over Copyright.
"As Open source begins to overtake commercial software in functionality and squeezes out the commercial competition, and license compatibility between Open Source projects becomes a real impediment to progress, what becomes a way forward...?"