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Torvalds And Cox Write EU Parliament On Patents
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?"
comegetme@Phreaker.net You know you want to!
That a few of your ECC types finally understand a few things:
1) The representatives to the EU are not elected, therefore are not responsible to you (i.e., the people who pay the bills)
2) Goverments understand that jobs and money keep people happy, not liberty (ref: See China), and therefore, they'll sell your soul if it keeps you in the middle class.
3) Big business promises jobs (despite their proclivity to move jobs to overseas [ref; See China] if it nets them 1 pence more than they have today) so politicians don't want to rock the boat (see point 2 above).
4) The EEC->EU move is primarily a way to make belgium & france relevant in a way they haven't been since 1936; scandanvia appears to be the only area of europe smart enough to understand this.
5) The EU will throw out stuff like "human rights" the way a cow shits; that is, it comes out the ass end in a way that looks like its planned, but is primarily a way to keep people happy (see point 2 above).
What does all this mean? That the EU doesn't give a crap about what you think about software patents. If big business is telling them it will cost jobs if they don't pass it, then it will pass (see point 2 above).
Do you finally get it? People in the US don't get it yet, and its smacked them across the forehead like the wet kiss at the end of a hot fist. Like the frog in water, the temperature is being raised 1 degree at a time so we don't notice what is going on.
Open Letter to
the Honourable Pat Cox, the President of the European Parliament
Hu-hey, Beavis, uh, uh, he said "Pat Cox", hu-huh.
Ya know like "Pat Cox", like he's patting them, and, uh, uh, hu-hey, they're, uh, uh, cocks.
Huh-huh, "Honourable Pat Cox", hu-huh.
Opinions on the Twiddler2 hand-held keyboard?
* ensure that patents cannot be used to prevent anal publication of information.
MOD IT DOWN!
We want to be able to
provide the world with free high class, high quality, highly
innovative software products that really empower the users and offer
the best and only real chance to narrow the digital divide, not that Linux does that.
Trying to stop the New World Order is like trying to stop trolls from posting to this site. Nice try though Linus and Al.
Here's a hint: it can't be done you nigger loving FUCKS.
TRoLL.
Am I the only one who read that as "Torvalds' Cock Writes EU Parliament?"
As far as the world wide IT industry is concerned, linus and cox are as important as a low ranking coder in a large corporation. They could care less about the financial impact of saying no to patents, nor do they have any obvious concern for intellectual property damage -- so it can be concluded that intellectual property protections are nessecary.
Again, stop your ranting nerd boys. Go and invent something rather than just being an end-user or a script kiddie.
Patents generate innovation, and are necessary for reasearch and development.
From your friendly patent attorney.
This letter reads like it was written by a retard and passed through Babelfish (English -> whatever) and back again (whatever -> English).
Couldn't they find somebody to proofread?
If you want to give away your rights to your work you can. Why does Linus want to campaign to take away the rights of others to own what they create? Its bollocks.