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The Netherlands revokes its software patent vote

The Netherlands revokes its software patent vote

Posted Jul 2, 2004 14:35 UTC (Fri) by rknop (guest, #66)
In reply to: The Netherlands revokes its software patent vote by bbencic
Parent article: The Netherlands revokes its software patent vote

Well, it would have been more great and strong if the abstention had turned into a vote against.

-Rob
(who is in the USA, and thus probably shouldn't talk)


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The Netherlands revokes its software patent vote

Posted Jul 2, 2004 18:39 UTC (Fri) by bbencic (guest, #9213) [Link]

I think it's not "abstain" or "against" which is important.

The important thing here is that it's possible to change things if we fight for what we believe in.

For me, there is no problem for to you to express your opinion on this subject. Any opinion is welcome. I am glad to see problems or solutions in different ways ;-)

The Netherlands revokes its software patent vote

Posted Jul 2, 2004 19:36 UTC (Fri) by iabervon (subscriber, #722) [Link]

According to the FFII article, there isn't any practical difference between voting against and abstaining.

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