Hi Gang! [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > If I understand correctly, the "European Council of Ministers" has approved > this rule, but it still requires a vote by the European Parliament before > become the EU law.
It has been my understanding that this is nothing new. The ministers have always been in favor of the patents and the parliment has always been against it. This is why I have a european-made T-shirt that says "No Software Patents - Power to the Parliament!" Ergo we will have to see what happens if the Parliament holds true and does not radify it. By the way....as an illustration of this concept, open your mouth wide as if you are singing, but have no sounds emerge. This is what would happen if the government passed "Music Patents", and everyone started patenting things like triplets, etc. I asked an artist today how he would feel if brush-strokes and painting techniques were patented. His answer was "I am an artist! I can not be bound by artificial rules!" Hmmmmmm. md md -- Jon "maddog" Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. (R)Linux International is a registered trademark in the USA used pursuant to a license from Linux Mark Institute, authorized licensor of Linus Torvalds, owner of the Linux trademark on a worldwide basis (R)UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the USA and other countries. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss