[Fsfe-ie] Re: EU Directive COD/2002/0047

[Barry O'Donovan]

Dear Ms Sinnot,

Sean CC'd me his reply and your comments on your position regarding EU 
Directive COD/2002/0047 (software patentability) and I have immediately 
updated your position as being opposed to software patentability.

> On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 12:46 +0200, SINNOTT Kathy wrote:
> > Thanks for your e-mail. I am surprised to hear that I am listed as
> > undecided on this issue.

I did send out e-mail correspondence as well as a briefing document 
[1,2] to you and all other MEPs explaining the issues surrounding 
software patentability as we saw them and mentioning the existence of 
the website [3]. If you replied and I mis-laid it then I humbly 
apologise.

In any case, your position has been recorded and I will inform the 
members of my respective groups of that position later this evening. We 
were actually working on the assumption that you would be opposing the 
patentability of software and I am delighted that you have confirmed 
them position. I have also updated a sister page belonging to the Irish 
Free Software Organisation to reflect your position also and I have 
posted the comments from your e-mail there:

http://www.ifso.ie/cgi-bin/wiki.cgi/SwpatMepPositions

I'd like to sincerely thank you for your position as software 
patentability will detrimentally affect many Irish SMEs, individual 
programmers, hobbyists and many Irish R&D programs.

If I can be of any further assistance in anyway on this issue please do 
not hesitate to contact by e-mail or on 086-2891589.

Kind regards,
Barry O'Donovan

[1] http://www.kde.ie/patents/briefing/
[2] http://www.kde.ie/patents/briefing/swpats-briefing.pdf
[3] http://www.kde.ie/patents/mep-status.php


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