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

[Brendon Chase]

> 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!"

Must have been the power of the t-shirt:
http://www.builderau.com.au/resources/eupatents.jpg

Anyone know where one can find something similar in Aust?

On a serious note there is a story on patents in AU on the front of the
Builder Web site today, with comment from both sides of the patent debate.

Brendon