Re: [Sheflug] Software Patents Issue

[Alex Hudson <home [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 17:11, Richard Ibbotson wrote:
> So, I suppose you believe what you will from that ? :)

According to Hartmut Pilch,

        "The current text has some remaining contraditions in it, but
        basically the thrust has been turned around. It has become our
        directive which we must help the European Parliament to defend.
        This is also a question of the European Parliament's role in an
        emerging democratic Europe. On the whole this is very good news
        for the EU."
        
             http://lists.ffii.org/archive/mails/news/2003/Sep/0013.html

If Hartmut is supporting it, it's likely that it's very good news
indeed. It's likely that this is as good as it gets, so that campaign
now should be to make sure that this directive is not re-amended or
un-amended somehow.

Cheers,

Alex.


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