Software Patents in Europe :(

[windos_no_thanks]

Dear Sir

As Draftsperson for the Parliament I, along with the Parliament, voted
for
limits to the patenting of computer-implemented inventions. The Member
States i.e. the Council of Ministers have chosen to ignore Parliament’s
views, which has disappointed us greatly and we are now preparing for
some
very tough negotiations with them.

That is about as close you can get to lying while still leaving some small loophole to slide through in case of trouble.

She voted against almost all of the good amendments and for some that actually do more damage than good.
Check here and make up your own mind:
http://beauprez.net/softpat/lobbybas...y=UK&party=PSE

You can influence this....
I might not vote labour, it doesnt matter I and thousdands like me have forced them to change their position. The queen of SW patents has changed her tune and is no longer pro-SW patents like in the US !!!

She has been saying similar things before, so far it has been just lip-service. It would be nice if she really stood up for those things but I don't think she will.
Keep up the pressure though, many of the MEP candidates are clueless about the issue and some of them will get elected so it is important to tell them our side of the story.

[gowator]

Yep I know but the point is she dont care a **** and she'll vote for whatever her career needs.
She's a politition, her job is to lie!

while still leaving some small loophole to slide through in case of trouble.

yep thats polititions...
at the moment though she's had all the resolutions overturned so she'll probably fight to have all the ones included including ones she voted against....

[spamhippy]

don't you think it's kind of odd and silly that the EU is trying to pass laws that threaten the software they're turning to in order to cut costs? i'm talking about place like munich, germany and france switching government computers from windows to linux. just go to yahoo and type 'linux' look in the news section if you don't know what i'm talking about. i think somebody needs to point out they're kicking themselves.