On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 14:47 +0100, Robin Green wrote: > > We might have been better with a directive that had been properly amended > > than to have no directive at all. > > Yes. Doesn't the UK already grant software patents at a national level?
It does, but not to the satisfaction of the pro-patent lobby. For example, anything business method related tends to get thrown out fairly easily. Pure computer science tends to succeed if the patent is suitably written, though. I agree with Jason - a good directive would be better than no directive. But, a good directive was not on the table. The MEPs would have had to vote each good amendment into the directive with a super-majority, and the likelihood would be that only some of them would have got through - resulting in a dog's breakfast at best. Had the directive been *really* good, the Council would have ditched it. This isn't about the EP vs. the Council per se. While the EP may have been quite happy to thumb their nose Council-wards, they're a lot more professional than that. This legislation was rejected because it was flawed. Cheers, Alex. _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
