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From: Denis Leslie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri May 14, 2004 11:16:41 am Europe/London
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [edlug] EU Software Patent Legislation: a real threat for Linux and Open Source
Disturbing news for all who are concerned about software patents.
"In direct contravention of the recent vote by the European Parliament to curtail Software Patents, the Irish Presidency of the European Union has surreptitiously reinstated unlimited software patent language into the text of a statement to be adopted by the European Council of Ministers on Monday May, 17th, without further debate! ... Please contact the media, your political representatives, and your government, and urge them to vote against unlimited Software Patents and to revert to the previous European Parliament position."
Full articles at: http://lwn.net/Articles/85174/ http://www.newsforge.com/software/04/05/13/1447225.shtml
More information at: http://www.ffii.org/
Find your MEPs contact details at http://www.europarl.org.uk/index.htm -- Regards, Denis Leslie -------------------- SuSE Linux 9.0 Professional
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