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On Mon, 21 May 2001 loic at gnu.org wrote:
> The EPC is only active in a given country *after* it's translated
> therefore the EPC does not enter in action immediately and
> countries can refuse to apply it, although it's very unlikely
Yes, but:
The situation is totally different for EU member countries. If the
European Commission (backed by the EU parliament) puts out a new
directive, then the member countries will *have to* make this national
law as well. The EPC will - after that - be changed to reflect this
situation (EU member countries cannot say they are against something
which is their national law, so software patents will be allowed also by
the EPC.... which will then probably influence non-EU countries as
well).
That's how I see it (correct me if I am wrong).
sl, gpg - public key 0x1FE281EB
karin "kyrah" kosina http://kyrah.net
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