[Fsf-friends] Europe loses the software patent battle

[Raj Mathur]

Council Presidency Adopts Software Patent Agreement Against Council's
Rules

7 March 2005 -- The Council Presidency today declared the software
agreement of 18 May 2004 to have been adopted, in violation of the
procedural rules and in spite of the evident lack of a qualified
majority of member states and the requests of several states to reopen
negotiations.

Full story at: http://wiki.ffii.org/Cons050307En

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