Software patents :(
Quick summary:
- The (elected) European Parliament is opposed
- A large fraction of the (elected) national parliaments is opposed
- Danmark has officially requested the subject to be changed to a B-item (i.e. further discussion needed)
- The Danish request had support from several other representatives in the counsel
What to do, what to do?
The (non-elected) European Counsel decided to rubberstamp the decission as an A-item (political agreement, no discussion necessary). Right…
The reason given? We are adopting the position for institutional reasons so as not to create a precedent which might have a consequence of creating future delays in other processes. Bah.