EU software patent law delayed by a month

[Hartmut Pilch <phm@a2e.de>]

Another article by Meller.

This time he seems to have learnt the (imho in this context irrelevant)
distinction between "free" and "opensource", but still insists on
suggesting that creators of proprietary software want software patents.

I find it hard to believe that this is merely sloppy thinking.  It is
clear from European Voice that at the moment the patent lobby is buying
press content.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/19/HNeupatentdelay_1.html

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EU software patent law delayed by a month

European parliaments cannot agree on text By Paul Meller, IDG News
Service May 19, 2003

A proposal for a pan-European law on software patents is being
delayed by a failure among European parliamentarians to agree on the
text, an official at the European Parliament said Monday.

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