Old news, but still I though I should briefly describe what happened:
1) On October 7th the BSA sent a letter to the European Commission.
Basically they don’t like Open Standards, since they want to impose their their proprietary standards.
And then published their Analysis here:
3) Open Standards in Europe: FSFE responds to BSA letter [LWN.net]
4) And they have a basic description of open Standards.
So in general, BSA conformed by many SW Companies, is afraid that Open Standards will be established in Europe.
Cheers!

