sparky wrote: > > the dutch parliament members have made a decision today that > > software-patents in the netherlands shall either remain banned, and > > the law be cleared up in this respect, or subject to a scrutiny that > > shall be strict enough to eliminate most of the 30,000 "garbage > > patents" (as the meeting report calls it!) currently granted by the > > european patent office. > > > > > Got a reference? > posted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] by Luuk van Dijk who, I think, attended the hearing. note that no law or such has been passed so far, the MPs had a hearing to make up their mind, and among others, free software people had been invited. I can dig out the full mail, if you want it.
