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[simo]

On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 14:38 +0000, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 03:04:37PM +0100, Reinhard Mueller wrote:
> > Am Dienstag, den 08.01.2008, 14:12 +0100 schrieb franz schaefer:
> > > > The EC is the executive body of the European Union. They don't make the
> > > > rules, they just execute them. It's the basic concept of separation of
> > > > powers.
> > > 
> > > unfortunatly this is not really true. only the EC has the power to
> > > draft new regulations.
> > 
> > That is correct, the EC can propose directives for approval by the
> > Parliament and the Council. Thank you for clarifying this imprecision.
> > 
> > What the EC can't do is to create new ad-hoc rules on demand.
> > 
> > What the EC should do is propose a directive that disallows software
> > patents, which would really solve the software patent problem in Europe.
> > What the EC can't do is invalidate some specific patents by declaring
> > them invalid, what it can't do either is invalidate some specific
> > patents by simply ignoring them.
> 
> Yes it can, since they are not valid.

The EC is not the court of Justice, please stop talking nonsense, you
are on the edge of trolling.

Simo.