Re: [Patents] patents in europe...

[Xavi Drudis Ferran <xdrudis@tinet.org>]

El Sun, May 18, 2003 at 09:50:07PM +0200, critto@wp.pl deia:
> 
> Uh. That explains nothing, because in the previous sw pat case (yr 
> 2000), many MEPs were in strong opposition; they knew what's 
> actually happening. I hope that this case the plenary vote will sink 

This is news. I didn't know (or don't remember) that 
the European Parliament (MEP = Member of the European Parliament) 
was at all involved in the EPC reform in 2000. I thought the 
EPC is not part of the EU and therefore at most MPs from contracting 
states would be aware, not MEPs. 

> 
> But those 'radical crazy people' could be good at converting the 
> voters against her; those 'r.c.p' could be good at sniffing a patent 
> swindle, and pursuing it in the course of a legal action (is any 
> planned ???) But OK, maybe ya're a better lobbyist than me, so I 
> give up :) to your methods ...
>

I have nothing against explaining the problems of software patents,
the proposals about to be voted, the meaninglessness of the proposed
limits, etc. to the general public. I think you can't have too much 
publicity of it (done properly, of course, no spam, etc.).
> 
> I'd love to contact her with a letter; if you have any pattern of such a 
> text, please feel free to forward it, and I will send it (but I must 
> know her address; I don't care that it's not 'my mep', I may contact 
> all of them, regardless of a country)

www.eurolinux.org , as Hartmut said.

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Xavi Drudis Ferran
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