EU seems to approve Software Patents
Quoting from http://kwiki.ffii.org/?Cons040518En:
"First indications are that the Irish presidency has secured political approval for a new draft of the controversial software patents directive in a meeting of the Council of Ministers today.
Spain (8) expressly voted against the proposal. Belgium (5), Italy (10) and Austria (4) abstained from the vote. Denmark (3) seemed uneager, but in the end did not stand against the presidency's demand for support.
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That made 27 votes refusing to support the text. Had Germany kept its promise to at least abstain, the 37 votes needed to block it would have been achieved, and surpassed by votes from countries like Poland who had apparently been instructed to follow the Germans.
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In the initial round of discussions SE, UK, FR, NL, CZ and HU spoke in favour of the Irish proposal." Strange, before the hungarian minister said he is against software patents, and see what happened. Nothing more to add; I say it is a black day, and I hope there's still a dim light as it seems there will be a second round sometime as this was not a flat vote for software patents. Hope things will go to the right direction...
"First indications are that the Irish presidency has secured political approval for a new draft of the controversial software patents directive in a meeting of the Council of Ministers today.
Spain (8) expressly voted against the proposal. Belgium (5), Italy (10) and Austria (4) abstained from the vote. Denmark (3) seemed uneager, but in the end did not stand against the presidency's demand for support.
[...]
That made 27 votes refusing to support the text. Had Germany kept its promise to at least abstain, the 37 votes needed to block it would have been achieved, and surpassed by votes from countries like Poland who had apparently been instructed to follow the Germans.
[...]
In the initial round of discussions SE, UK, FR, NL, CZ and HU spoke in favour of the Irish proposal." Strange, before the hungarian minister said he is against software patents, and see what happened. Nothing more to add; I say it is a black day, and I hope there's still a dim light as it seems there will be a second round sometime as this was not a flat vote for software patents. Hope things will go to the right direction...
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