On Wednesday 06 July 2005 14:23, Jason Clifford wrote: > On Wed, 6 Jul 2005, Philip Hunt wrote: > > > Strasbourg, 6 July 2005 -- The European Parliament today decided by > > > a margin of 648 votes to 14, with 18 absentions, to _reject_ the > > > directive "on the patentability of computer implemented inventions", > > > also known as the software patent directive. > > > > Such a big majority! > > Apparently the pro-patent lobby asked for a no vote as well - in their > case because the amendments would have made patents unusable for them. > > The problem is not solved however as national patent offices may now push > the pro-patent lobbies agenda locally.
Yes. I expect the forces pushing for this will try to get it in some other way instead. > We might have been better with a directive that had been properly amended > than to have no directive at all. If it had been properly amended, could/would the Council have then blocked it? -- Philip Hunt, [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
