:NoSoftwarePatents: Denmark and Poland Will Deal the Death Blow
To the Council's Current Proposal
NoSoftwarePatents: Denmark and Poland Will Deal the Death Blow
To the Council's Current Proposal Mar 4, 2005, 20 :30 UTC (13 Talkback[s]) (10982 reads) (Other stories by Florian Mueller)
"This afternoon, the EU Policy Committee of the Danish parliament took a binding decision (i.e., not just a resolution that a government is legally free to ignore) that the Danish government shall oppose the adoption of the current proposal as an A item (an item for debateless approval) in Monday's meeting of the EU Council, and shall request that the proposal be renegotiated (as a B item) in the future.
"The Polish government has previously stated that it is against the proposal but 'cannot fight alone.' Now that Denmark sides with it, Poland has the chance to express its true position on Monday..."
