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EU Council agitates for unlimited software patentsEU Council agitates for unlimited software patentsPosted Feb 25, 2004 0:50 UTC (Wed) by AlanCox (guest, #4858)Parent article: EU Council agitates for unlimited software patents There are EU parliament elections coming up. If you don't care about EU politics go vote from the green party or other parties that are anti larg e corporation and US like patent stupidity and vote for open source/free software. Don't waste the vote - especially in the UK where 18% is the expected turnout - free software developers effectively count 5 times over if they all get out and vote on this one.
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EU Council agitates for unlimited software patents Posted Feb 25, 2004 10:16 UTC (Wed) by jdthood (guest, #4157) [Link] > If you don't care about EU politics go vote from the green partyIs that supposed to be an endorsement? :) > or other parties that are anti-large-corporation and [anti-]US-like- Yes, the Green party isn't the only one with good policies on FLOSS. But I agree: Do vote!
EU Council agitates for unlimited software patents Posted Feb 25, 2004 13:22 UTC (Wed) by eru (subscriber, #2753) [Link] Yes, the Green party isn't the only one with good policies on FLOSS. Parties and their policies vary considerably from country to country,And for canditate to candidate. It is a bit of a problem for me that the Finnish MEP who has been most active against software patents is Pia-Noora Kauppi ( example of her excellent activities) who belongs to our equivalent of the conservative party, which I normally do not vote for. I might vote for ms. Kauppi, but if she does not make it, my vote ends up benefiting some other conservative, who very possibly could have pro-patent sentiments....
EU Council agitates for unlimited software patents Posted Feb 25, 2004 22:22 UTC (Wed) by lakeland (subscriber, #1157) [Link] Tricky. Perhaps sending her an email could lead to the party adopting anofficial stance on patents? Here (New Zealand) the system is quite different and you vote both for a party, and and a MP. The MP vote is almost irrelevant, though in your case it would be useful.
EU Council agitates for unlimited software patents Posted Feb 26, 2004 23:32 UTC (Thu) by kwacka (guest, #14598) [Link] It might also be useful to let MEPs know that they're being watched.Find your local MEP (e.g. if you're in the UK look at http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/meps.htm),
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