On Monday 31 January 2005 18:59, Paul wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 14:52, Kaj Haulrich wrote:
> > Denmark is now ready to postpone the decision on software
> > patents in Europe. The battle between political parties up to
> > the upcoming elections Feb. 8. has brought this into some
> > focus. Today the Danish secretary of state, Mr. Per Stig
> > Moeller agreed to postpone the issue, and thus support Poland.
> >
> > The announcement is here (in Danish) :
> > http://politiken.dk/VisArtikel.iasp?PageID=357932
> >
> > Kaj Haulrich.
>
> Good news, kaj.
>
> Was it Denmark that the commission decided were going to vote
> yes, stopping it from getting thrown out?
>
> If I recall, someone in government found out what was going on
> and started making a fuss.
No, the way I see it our Sec.Trade (Mr. Bendt Bendtsen -
conservative) just voted "yes" in the Politburo, - err - Commission
out of sheer ignorance. Of course a politician doesn't know the
first thing about matters like this, so he just follows the big
guys. And his "advisers" i.e. the bureaucrats in the public
service know even less.
Then, the Central Committee - err - the Parliament made some fuss,
and the matter went back to the Politburo. Here, Poland put in on
hold. Now, the software industry here finally woke up and started
a petition. And many Danes, including myself, wrote emails to the
various political parties warning them of losing voters in case
they lost their minds.
Finally the matter came to attention through newspapers, online
magazines and TV. And the Sec.State (Mr. Moeller) is a lot
brighter than Mr. Bendtsen, so maybe there's hope after all ?
Kaj Haulrich.
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