Re[2]: [newbie] European Parliament votes for software patents.

2003-09-26 Thread rikona
Hello Peter, Thursday, September 25, 2003, 3:53:36 AM, you wrote: PW However, this is really a reflection of the sheep like mentality PW of the electors and not a valid criticism of the parliament as PW such, to put it another way. if you vote for idiots you get PW idiots in parliament, but

Re: OT: s/w patents and cucumbers [WAS: [newbie] European Parliament votes for software patents.]

2003-09-25 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 25 September 2003 01:39 am, Stormjumper wrote: - Original Message - From: Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 04:54 Subject: [newbie] European Parliament votes for software patents. SNIP What does this parliament

Re: [newbie] European Parliament votes for software patents.

2003-09-25 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 25 September 2003 04:55 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Wednesday 24 September 2003 04:54 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: As expected, the EP voted for the proposal with a huge majority. But just to calm you down a bit : But that wasn't all was it? I heard that amendments were made

Re: [newbie] European Parliament votes for software patents.

2003-09-25 Thread Peter Watson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 SNIPOn Wednesday 24 Sep 2003 21:54, Kaj Haulrich wrote: As expected, the EP voted for the proposal with a huge majority. But just to calm you down a bit : Those of you who live in democratic and free countries may think that it's a real

[OT}Re: [newbie] European Parliament votes for software patents.

2003-09-25 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 25 Sep 2003 11:53 am, Peter Watson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 SNIPOn Wednesday 24 Sep 2003 21:54, Kaj Haulrich wrote: As expected, the EP voted for the proposal with a huge majority. But just to calm you down a bit : Those of you who live in

Re: [OT}Re: [newbie] European Parliament votes for software patents.

2003-09-25 Thread Peter Watson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 25 Sep 2003 12:09, Derek Jennings wrote: On Thursday 25 Sep 2003 11:53 am, Peter Watson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 SNIPOn Wednesday 24 Sep 2003 21:54, Kaj Haulrich wrote: As expected, the EP voted for

Re: [OT}Re: [newbie] European Parliament votes for software patents.

2003-09-25 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 25 September 2003 12:04 pm, Peter Watson wrote: snip I'll stand if you will promise to vote for me, but realistically independents have zilch chance of being elected, unless perhaps they are really famous. Pete Ardnamurchan Scotland /snip OK Pete, please run for the

Re: [newbie] European Parliament votes for software patents.

2003-09-25 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 16:54, Kaj Haulrich wrote: As expected, the EP voted for the proposal with a huge majority. But just to calm you down a bit : Those of you who live in democratic and free countries may think that it's a real parliament. It certainly is not. The members are not

Re: [OT}Re: [newbie] European Parliament votes for software patents.

2003-09-25 Thread Peter Watson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 25 Sep 2003 15:14, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Thursday 25 September 2003 12:04 pm, Peter Watson wrote: snip I'll stand if you will promise to vote for me, but realistically independents have zilch chance of being elected, unless

Re: OT: s/w patents and cucumbers [WAS: [newbie] European Parliament votes for software patents.]

2003-09-25 Thread stormjumper
- Original Message - From: Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 20:25 Subject: Re: OT: s/w patents and cucumbers [WAS: [newbie] European Parliament votes for software patents.] To clarify myself : cucumbers don't care about the EP

Re: OT: s/w patents and cucumbers [WAS: [newbie] European Parliament votes for software patents.]

2003-09-25 Thread Aron Smith
On Thu, 2003-09-25 at 06:52, stormjumper wrote: - Original Message - From: Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 20:25 Subject: Re: OT: s/w patents and cucumbers [WAS: [newbie] European Parliament votes for software patents

Re: [newbie] European Parliament votes for software patents.

2003-09-25 Thread John Richard Smith
Peter Watson wrote: SNIPOn Wednesday 24 Sep 2003 21:54, Kaj Haulrich wrote: As expected, the EP voted for the proposal with a huge majority. But just to calm you down a bit : Those of you who live in democratic and free countries may think that it's a real parliament. It certainly is not. The

Re: [newbie] European Parliament votes for software patents.

2003-09-25 Thread HaywireMac
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 19:38:52 + John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: OK , So what should these halfbaked deadbeats be doing about the issue. Is it that we ought to be asking the EU parliament to enshrining GPL software values into EU law ? If so , then anyone who puts out

Re: [newbie] European Parliament votes for software patents.

2003-09-25 Thread Aron Smith
On Thu, 2003-09-25 at 16:25, HaywireMac wrote: On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 14:17:10 -0700 Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Shue give them a cigarette (as long as its a French Cigarette LOL, they'll be begging for the guillotine after that! The absolute worst air flight was trans-atlantic

[newbie] European Parliament votes for software patents.

2003-09-24 Thread Kaj Haulrich
As expected, the EP voted for the proposal with a huge majority. But just to calm you down a bit : Those of you who live in democratic and free countries may think that it's a real parliament. It certainly is not. The members are not elected, they are appointed by national political parties.

Re: [newbie] European Parliament votes for software patents.

2003-09-24 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Wednesday 24 September 2003 04:54 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: As expected, the EP voted for the proposal with a huge majority. But just to calm you down a bit : But that wasn't all was it? I heard that amendments were made that might actually offer hope for us...and that its still not the