Pete Chown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > These days, new > techniques are likely to be patented in all markets simultaneously. > This means that patents in Britain provide the same advantage to > Britain's competitors as to Britain's own companies.
This was one of our many arguments against software patents, but even all our arguments together were not enough to convince our EU representatives (Parliament plus Commission plus Council) that software should be clearly excluded from the patent system. We can win, but being right is not enough. -- Ciarán O'Riordan __________________ \ http://fsfeurope.org/projects/gplv3 http://ciaran.compsoc.com/ _________ \ GPLv3 and other work supported by http://fsfe.org/fellows/ciaran/weblog \ Fellowship: http://www.fsfe.org _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
