Tuesday, June 21, 2005
EU Software Patents.
In a spurt of almost unseemly energy, I've just emailed (individually, long hand (well-ish)), each of the London MEPs to ask about their stance on software patents. Right now, there is a motion in the European Parliament to give the EU, US style (non-worthy-)patents.
For reference, I included a couple of links:
I'll post any correspondence I receive back, here. If nothing else, it will be interesting to see if any of them reply / care.
In a spurt of almost unseemly energy, I've just emailed (individually, long hand (well-ish)), each of the London MEPs to ask about their stance on software patents. Right now, there is a motion in the European Parliament to give the EU, US style (non-worthy-)patents.
For reference, I included a couple of links:
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/comment/story/0,12449,1510566,00.html
- http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m/intro/index.html
I'll post any correspondence I receive back, here. If nothing else, it will be interesting to see if any of them reply / care.