Re: [Patents] Re: EU software patent law delayed by a month

[Hartmut Pilch <phm@a2e.de>]

> > 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.
>
> Maybe sloppiness (laziness) of journalists and the well entrenched
> position of the patent movement are enough to explain it anyway.  We are
> just beginning to march through the institutions.  By the time we are
> there probably our positions will be as outdated as those of the patent
> lobby are now.

This means that a patient criticism of the European Voice in Xavier's
style, in combination with contacting them, could be helpful as well.
Journalists form public opinion not only on the readers' side but also by
the quality of questions which they ask to politicians.  Educating them is
of prime importance.  We need to try to invite journalists to our
meetings.