http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7442
reports that the Dutch government is considering revoking their
minister's vote at the council meeting a couple of weeks ago.
If I recall correctly, it only went through on the Dutch vote, after
badgering by the Irish (presidency sponsored by
Margot wrote:
John Richard Smith wrote:
So does this leave us with a satisfactory position ?
I'm not at all sure.
No, it is not satisfactory - look again at the last 2 paragraphs of
Caroline Lucas's message:
However, the draft Directive remains ambiguous and contradictory
(articles 2 4
On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 11:04:39 +
John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
I guess that this needs a project team from the EU law dept to come
down to grass roots level and discuss what needs to be done to
strengthen the right of GPL products users rights in law.
ROTFLMAO!
Oh, wait,
HaywireMac wrote:
On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 11:04:39 +
John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
I guess that this needs a project team from the EU law dept to come
down to grass roots level and discuss what needs to be done to
strengthen the right of GPL products users rights in law.
HaywireMac wrote:
On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 13:46:59 +
John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
Well I don't see how I'm going to be able to put the case to my local
MEP. I mean I'm no expert, and he/she is no expert and they have to
put some sort of a case to the legislators to get them to
On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 09:04, John Richard Smith wrote:
HaywireMac wrote:
On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 13:46:59 +
John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
Well I don't see how I'm going to be able to put the case to my local
MEP. I mean I'm no expert, and he/she is no expert and they
On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 16:04:21 +
John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
So the ethos of that argument is that that you cannot patent code it's
something akin to a writer publishing a piece of liturature, it is his
work, but it's not a novel invention . Have I understood it correctly?
John Richard Smith wrote:
HaywireMac wrote:
On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 13:46:59 +
John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
Well I don't see how I'm going to be able to put the case to my local
MEP. I mean I'm no expert, and he/she is no expert and they have to
put some sort of a case to the
Aron Smith wrote:
On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 09:04, John Richard Smith wrote:
HaywireMac wrote:
On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 13:46:59 +
John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
Well I don't see how I'm going to be able to put the case to my local
MEP. I mean I'm no expert, and he/she
On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 11:32, HaywireMac wrote:
On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 16:04:21 +
John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
So the ethos of that argument is that that you cannot patent code it's
something akin to a writer publishing a piece of liturature, it is his
work, but it's not
On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 10:05, John Richard Smith wrote:
Aron Smith wrote:
big snip
OK then, so my approach when I tackle the MEP is something allong these
lines,
Did you know the EU legislators are preposing to allow patenting of copy
write ?
and as you surely know you cannot patent
Aron Smith wrote:
On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 10:05, John Richard Smith wrote:
Aron Smith wrote:
big snip
OK then, so my approach when I tackle the MEP is something allong these
lines,
Did you know the EU legislators are preposing to allow patenting of copy
write ?
and as you surely know you
On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 14:23, John Richard Smith wrote:
Aron Smith wrote:
On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 10:05, John Richard Smith wrote:
Aron Smith wrote:
big snip
OK then, so my approach when I tackle the MEP is something allong these
lines,
Did you know the EU legislators are preposing
An interesting reply from my MEP Caroline Lucas...
Original Message
Subject:Re: Software Patents
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 11:08:19 +0200
From: Caroline (Dr) Lucas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear Margot,
Thanks you for your email on software
On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 12:36:24 +0100
Margot [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
An interesting reply from my MEP Caroline Lucas...
Wt! Well done, Margot!
As Robert A. Heinlein once noted, of course the game is rigged, but if
you don't bet, you can't win, keep up the good fight!
Go Greens!
--
So does this leave us with a satisfactory position ?
I'm not at all sure.
I'm curious as to why Europeans are not trying to get the principle of
the GPL incorporated into European law. Wouldn't this be better than
hedging around trying to determin what is patentable and what it not. If
the GPL
On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 13:20:34 +
John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
So does this leave us with a satisfactory position ?
I'm not at all sure.
Of course not. It won't be satisfactory until all Political interference
in the affairs of software and the internet is strictly forbidden.
John Richard Smith wrote:
So does this leave us with a satisfactory position ?
I'm not at all sure.
No, it is not satisfactory - look again at the last 2 paragraphs of
Caroline Lucas's message:
However, the draft Directive remains ambiguous and contradictory
(articles 2 4 contradict each other,
HaywireMac wrote:
On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 13:20:34 +
John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
So does this leave us with a satisfactory position ?
I'm not at all sure.
Of course not. It won't be satisfactory until all Political interference
in the affairs of software and the internet
On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 13:53:49 +
John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
But how should we be going about getting GPL incorporated into at
least European Law.
By voting and writing and voting and writing some more, and if that
doesn't work...
Malcolm X:
By any means necessary.
All
On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 14:36, Margot wrote:
An interesting reply from my MEP Caroline Lucas...
Original Message
Subject: Re: Software Patents
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 11:08:19 +0200
From: Caroline (Dr) Lucas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HaywireMac wrote:
On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 13:20:34 +
John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
So does this leave us with a satisfactory position ?
I'm not at all sure.
Of course not. It won't be satisfactory until all Political interference
in the affairs of software and the internet
On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 18:30:08 +0300
robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
Haywire Mac citing Adam Smith? What is the world coming to?
Hey, he wasn't all bad...he even warned quite vehemently in some of his
writing about the dangers inherant in Capitalism, specifically the
formation of monopolies and
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