[Linux-aus] Re: [Osia-discuss] SWPAT: no spwats 4 Xmas -- big surprise in Brussels!

[Con Zymaris <conz@cyber.com.au>]

On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 06:41:02AM +1000, Arjen Lentz wrote:
> http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=254
> 
> BIG SURPRISE IN BRUSSELS:
> EU COUNCIL TAKES SOFTWARE PATENT DIRECTIVE OFF ITS AGENDA
> DURING TODAY'S MEETING, ACCOMODATING A REQUEST BY POLAND
> 
> Undersecretary Wlodzimierz Marcinski asks for additional time to prepare a
> "constructive declaration" -- Software patent debate is wide open-- Software
> patent critics: "The Polish government deserves greatest admiration for its
> courage!"


http://thankpoland.info/

:-)

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