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

[Sam Liddicott]

Ben Finney wrote:

>On 21-Jan-2005, Roger Leigh wrote:
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>>What exactly does Agriculture and Fisheries have to do with software
>>patents?  Surely that council is responsible for agriculture and
>>fisheries?
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>Precisely.  So pushing an addition to an existing bill, long after
>discussion for the bill closes and a day before the vote, they tag some
>patent law into it hoping that the council won't know enough to question
>it.
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If I did this with a printer on a shopping trolly after I had been 
through the checkouts everyone would recognize it for what it is.

Somehow because it happens in a non-commercial setting those involved 
seem to think it is legitimate. It is theft of proper representation at 
least, surely?

Sam
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