3 Jul
2004
3 Jul
'04
1:36 p.m.
On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 03:45:24PM +0100, Nick Daniels wrote:
I thought somebody maybe interested in this:- "On May 18th, by a thin majority, the European Council of Ministers voted in favor of throwing out the European Parliament's efforts to keep software patents out of Europe.
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http://slashdot.org/articles/04/07/02/1318220.shtml?tid=155&tid=185&...
Can anyone explain this? There are too many "outs". The tone of the article suggests this event is a good thing if you do not like software parents.
Tim.