[Fsfe-uk] EU swpat - Ag and Fish attempt 2

[Roger Leigh]

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Philip Hands <phil at hands.com> writes:

> MJ Ray wrote:
>> Tom Potts let ALUG know that the swpat directive has been put up to the
>> Ag and Fish council again, after Poland blocked it in December. Link-heavy
>> page is at http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050121034203123
>
> Just been on the phone to DEFRA, and it seems that the contact details
> for Margaret Beckett (our minister in question as far as I can work
> out) is:
>
>    secretaryofstate at defra.gsi.gov.uk
>
> I suggest we fill her mailbox with a storm of protest.

What exactly does Agriculture and Fisheries have to do with software
patents?  Surely that council is responsible for agriculture and
fisheries?


Thanks,
Roger

(who is woefully ignorant of European politics.)

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