Poland Blocks European Software Patent Vote, For Now

Posted by timothy on Wednesday December 22, 2004 @03:20AM from the goalie's-end-run dept.

Anonymous Brave Guy writes "Thanks to the Polish Minister of Science and Information Technology, Wlodzimierz Marcinski, Europe has dropped the current proposal for software patents. He made a special journey to Brussels to withdraw the proposal, basically in protest at the way the patents were being pushed through by the back door. Since the European presidency is about to pass to Luxembourg, this has effectively killed the idea, at least for the immediate future." More at FFII (Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure). This means that the promised move to delay actually worked.

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Thank Poland! by geegs · 2004-12-22 03:24 · Score: 5, Interesting

EU readers please Thank Poland!
Wlodzimierz Marcinski - He understands IT! by Handbrewer · 2004-12-22 04:46 · Score: 5, Interesting

He has been an IT manager in private business and studied Mathematics - i almost wet my pants of happiness as i read his CV.
This is one politician i want to decide such matters as he actually has knowledge of what he is doing. Im so glad Poland is now in the EU :) - Heres to Wlodzimierz Marcinski!

I wish we had politicians like him in Denmark when we decide IT politics :\