I don't know, it's one of those things that you read more and know less, ie. first google result for "software patents in europe" says "yes, but no": >> "The E

I don't know, it's one of those things that you read more and know less, ie. first google result for "software patents in europe" says "yes, but no": >> "The European Patent Convention states that software is not patentable. But laws are always interpreted by courts, and in this case interpretations of the law differ. So the European Patents Office (EPO) grants software patents by declaring them as "computer implemented inventions"." ...but it's interesting, ie. what would it mean exactly if bitcoin was built on something patented? It's completely distributed so nobody to sue. Would the repo be banned on github? Let's say it would and the development would move to linux kernel like development, then what? US based exchanges would probably have some premium fee and that's it?