Sounds great to me, "these software patents or none". No brainer vote.
On Thu, 2005-03-10 at 18:37 +0100, Ramon Casha wrote: > The Parliament requested that the directive be sent back to the design > stage. The council on the other hand declared that if the Parliament > rejects the directive, it will be scrapped and no alternative will be > offered. In other words "if you don't approve our version you will never > get another". I hope they call their bluff and reject it anyway, but the > council's statement is clearly intended as a subtle form of blackmail. > > > Keith Vassallo wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but we shouldn't be worried, right? > > > > The EU parliament already voted against the directive twice. Although > > the commission now voted in favor, doesn't the parliament have to > > approve it too? Given they already voted against it twice, I suppose > > they would do the same, lest they want to come out as fools... > > > > Keith > > > > Iain wrote: > > > > | <snip> > > | > > | Yes, sadly the EU is very undemocratic. Further to the > > | investigation into corruption in the Commission, although some > > | resigned, some refused calls to resign (Neil Kinnock, transport). > > | The report which was eventually published was only allowed to be > > | viewed upon request and in a room where no copying facilities were > > | allowed in *and* those who did get to see the report were forced to > > | sign an NDA!! > > | > > | Let us hope that the parliament does What Is Right(tm). > > | > > | Iain. _______________________________________________ MLUG-list > > | mailing list [email protected] > > | http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > iD8DBQFCMHy1ym3HAdrlsyERAmfdAKCDUF8RY/sUPHJGYKBFgirUImofLACeIGGX > > QCSnNb49uMRSLSvkyi1bc+k= > > =+EVC > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MLUG-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > -- Iain Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
