Hoi ENOSIGers, succes met de demonstratie! Laten we hopen dat ook de nederlandse regeering er nog eens over nadenkt. In Duitsland hebben we al iets bereikt lijkt het: 8<--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Riesenerfolg! Bundesregierung schwenkt auf Linie der Softwarepatentkritiker ein http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/47314 Englische Übersetzung(just in case): Wednesday evening Elmar Hucko, ministerial director at the German Ministry of Justice, announced surprisingly on a demonstration of the FFII, that the german government will vote against the controversial software patent directive of the council of the Europan Union. Before, a message was circulating, that Berlin paved the way for nodding off the councils proposal. Under loud applause of the approximately 150 demonstrants in front of the german ministry of justice in Berlin, Hucko puts straight, that "regarding the contents, we are next to your position." At the same time, Hucko excoriated the current allocation practice of the European Patent Office in the domain of the controversial "computer-implemented invention". "Not all of these patents should have been granted", he pointed out. "In no case we want American conditions in Europe", Hucko explained with a look to the patent system in the USA. A patent should stay a "reward for an earnest invention" and must not be abused to "knock down competition". Christian Cornelssen of the FFII pointed out possible consequences of the guideline, which makes it no more necessary to execute a program in order to infringe on a given patent. This would "not only be fatal for open source" but also for many successful websites. The clause in article 52 of the European Patent Convention, which stated that a program "as such" must not fall under governmental monopoly protection, would then finally become void. Markus Beckedahl, Member of the "Gruene Jugend" reminded of the fact that "three-quarters of the 30,000 illegaly issued patents in Europe do not originate from European companies" and thus the use for the European industry is more than questionable. Finally Robert Leisner of attac condemned software patents, since they would represent nothing else then "another piece in the mosaic towards aggreviated copyrights". Further demonstrations[1] took place in Munich, Lisbon and Vienna yesterday. On today's Thursday, more events in Linz, Copenhagen and Madrid follow. ( Stefan Krempl )/( tol /c't) .... This is goooood news! Elmar Hucko is really at a position to tell something like this and have it executed! 8<--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Groetjes,
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