On Wednesday Syd Hancock syd@toufol.com wrote:
I thought it might be worth replying to point out that the wishes of the elected representatives are being thrown aside and if they wish to prevent s/w patents they will need to vote against them when the proposals come before the European Parliament again later this year.
As far as I was aware that was the intention, was it not? (See my initial post of Sunday).:
Just send this: <What is the XXXXX party's policy on Software patents within europe?> to the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, BNP, Greens, English Democrats and the Indepedents. It serves to make them think, and raises the matter as an issue in this election. You can then follow it up with whatever Mark has later
On Wednesday 26 May 2004 9:06 am, John Seago wrote:
On Wednesday Syd Hancock syd@toufol.com wrote:
I thought it might be worth replying to point out that the wishes of the elected representatives are being thrown aside
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As far as I was aware that was the intention, was it not? (See my initial post of Sunday).:
John, I think we are in danger of going round in circles here! I was simply replying to your question about what I thought had changed compared to the various responses from the political parties.
Apologies if I have things muddles but that is how I read their responses i.e that they were written before the Council of Ministers tried to over-rule everything.
Anyway the important thing is that we are basically in agreement about the dangers of s/w patents and the importance of some sport of protest etc. aren't we?
Syd
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