[Fsfe-ie] Swpat vote set for Tuesday, with public deliberation

[Fergal Daly]

Where can I get the actual text that is being considered? I couldn't find a
link to it on FFII,

F

On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 01:16:14AM +0100, James Heald wrote:
> NB. See FFII breaking news wiki for very latest information, at
> 	http://kwiki.ffii.org/SwpatcninoEn
> 
> 
> It looks as though there's a chance things may be moving in our favour.
> 
> 
> The agenda for the Competitiveness Council meeting has been published, 
> with a full discussion now scheduled on the Software Patents directive; 
> furthermore the discussion is to be in public, ie with press and 
> visitors able to listen in with 11-way translation.
> http://ue.eu.int/cms3_applications/Applications/newsRoom/loadbook.asp?BID=880&LANG=1&cmsId=364
> 
> We don't yet know whether there's any chance of it being webcast.
> 
> 
> This a big step forward from the official EU media briefing, published 
> only on Friday morning, which said the directive was due to be 
> rubberstamped as an 'A-item' without discussion.
> http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guestfr.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=MEMO/04/114%7C0%7CRAPID&lg=EN&display=
> 
> 
> The EU media briefing also tries very hard to play the play up the Irish 
> draft as a 'compromise' position.
> 
> But it's clear from this report from Paul Meller that by the time of the 
> press conference this afternoon journalists were obviously well enough 
> briefed that the EU spokesman had to confirm everything we'd said:
> http://www.itworld.com/Man/2687/040514eupatents/
> 
> 
> The national positions won't finally be clear until we hear what 
> actually gets said on Tuesday, but there are signs that there may be an 
> increasing number of ministers with concerns about the text, and a very 
> real possibility that a number of countries may seek a delay to give time to
> 
>  * achieve more unity;
>  * investigate further the concerns about
>      - freedom of discussion
>      - interoperability
>      - scope of what is and what is not 'technical';
>  * produce a text more likely to pass the European Parliament.
> 
> 
> On the other hand, as best we know, the UK and Ireland are still pushing 
> all-out for the Presidency text.
> 
> 
> 
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