[Lilux-info] SwPat: total rejection tomorrow?

Hi, according to this [1] Heise newsticker article, chances are that the EU Parliament will reject the software patent directive in it's entirety. The reason is the fears of both groups opposing resp. favouring the patentability of software: the ones don't want software to become patentable, while the other don't want the "Rocard amendments" to become law, making software un-patentable. [1] http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/61410 My comment: the status quo is unsatifactory for both sides. Whether a new text could be better for the FOSS world than the current one with the "Rocard amendments" is highly in doubt, and vigilance would have to be kept up. Oh well, we'll see tomorrow how the vote goes... Greetings, Eric