Organizations ask for renegotiation of the software patent directive

[Knut Yrvin]

CCOO, Proinnova, Hispalinux, AI, Libro Blanco and Caliu have asked for 
renegotiation of the software patents directive in the Council and 
expressed their solidarity with ThankPoland.info. "In the 40 days 
between 2004-12-21 and today, over 40 000 citizens (over 28 000 
verified signatures [1]) thanked the Polish Information Minister for 
his position at the Council of the EU. The signatures may be handed to 
the authorities this week. Poland twice delayed the formal adoption of 
a document for the software patents directive [2] that, without 
defining restrictive criteria, left the door open for software patents 
in the EU. In recent years, Eurolinux has gathered more than 380.000 
signatures against software patents [3]." (Thanks to Xavi Drudis 
Ferran)

http://lwn.net/Articles/121411/

- Knut