On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 01:30:28PM +0100, Reinhard Mueller wrote: > Exactly. All the discussions that the EC should have invalidated the > patents are void, because the EC has no control whatsoever over the EPO.
Not void, because EC has control over countries (directives for instance). > That there is *no* other institution that controls and influences the > EPO in a democratic way is a severe bug in the system, but you can't > blame the EC for that. Yes you can, EC proposed to legalise software patents, and still pursues that goal through indirect means (like EPLA for instance). Rui -- Keep the Lasagna flying! Today is Pungenday, the 8th day of Chaos in the YOLD 3174 + No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown + Whatever you do will be insignificant, | but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi + So let's do it...? _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
