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French ex-PM condemns Software Patents

French ex-PM condemns Software Patents

Posted Jul 2, 2003 8:45 UTC (Wed) by lidgaca (guest, #8272)
In reply to: French ex-PM condemns Software Patents by jdthood
Parent article: French ex-PM condemns Software Patents

On the other hand he is an EEU politician. With the current
political climate between France and the UK, maybe he's
just been told to throw a spanner in the works :-^)

Perhaps it's best not to question political motives to closely.

-- Chris


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French ex-PM condemns Software Patents

Posted Jul 3, 2003 8:45 UTC (Thu) by beejaybee (guest, #1581) [Link]

Ha... for once the arcane structure of the EU works to the advantage of the "little man".

However I do think it demonstrates very clearly the gulf within the EU Socialist grouping - "Socialist" in Europe has very different meanings in different states - from something very close to Communism to something very close to the US Republican party stance on "big business".

Vive la difference!

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