On 19 Feb 2001, at 13:55, Tom wrote: > sparky wrote: > > > the dutch parliament members have made a decision today that > > > software-patents in the netherlands shall either remain banned, > > > and the law be cleared up in this respect, or subject to a > > > scrutiny that shall be strict enough to eliminate most of the > > > 30,000 "garbage patents" (as the meeting report calls it!) > > > currently granted by the european patent office. > > > > > > > > Got a reference? > > > > posted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] by Luuk van Dijk who, I think, > attended the hearing. note that no law or such has been passed so far, > the MPs had a hearing to make up their mind, and among others, free > software people had been invited. > > > I can dig out the full mail, if you want it. If it's in Dutch I won't be able to read it. If it's in English, sure. >