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Richard Stallman on EU Software Patents

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the doing-his-thing dept.

schreibmaschine writes "Richard Stallman writes in The Guardian that the defeat of the EU directive has bought time, but that the pro-patent forces will regroup and try again."

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  1. Re:Interesting article from RMS by Itchy+Rich · · Score: 2, Funny

    The only problem is... I don't. I RTFA, but I still lack the background on how this all works, between ministers, and parliaments, and councils, what a "directive" is, and who listens to who. Could one of our EU slashdotters enlighten?

    Well, Ministers sit on the Councils, and the Councils take it in turns to decide who makes the tea. The tea leaves are then read by a team of experts (The EU Commission) who turn them into official Directives/prophecies.

  2. Re:Interesting article from RMS by Mr.+Bad+Example · · Score: 1, Funny

    > the EU situation

    That's the EU/Linux situation.