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Torvalds And Cox Write EU Parliament On Patents

Posted by timothy on from the sorry-we-patented-writing-already dept.

replicant_deckard writes "Linus Torvalds and Alan Cox have sent an open letter to the members of the European Parliament. They ask for strict limitations to software patents, argue for open standards and ask the members of the parliament to follow FFII's voting recommendations. Vote on the controversial software patents directive will be on Wednesday and it is expected to be a very close one. Well, do you believe these guys have any impact in Brussels?"

2 of 293 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Phone, write, fax, meet, but don't just email by scrote-ma-hote · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    I know I'm going to get karma burnt for this, (which is a pity, cause I just got to karma: excellent), but are the moderators on crack today?

    This guy has posted the same comment twice, and been moderated up (to +3 at the moment) for both of them. New karma whoring technique?

  2. Re:Mark this as the day by BiggerIsBetter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Note to self: Cancel EU holiday next month ;-)

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    Forget thrust, drag, lift and weight. Airplanes fly because of money.