“‘Shortly before midnight, the German Bundestag became the
fourth parliament this month to speak out against the EU Council’s
proposal for a software patent directive,’ so reports
nosoftwarepatents.org. Here’s the header of their press release and
the pertinent first paragraph:“Unanimous resolution passed by German parliament against EU
Council’s current proposal for a software patent
directive–European software patent critics celebrate ‘winning
streak’ after scoring four parliamentary victories in 16
days–Concerns over ‘Microsoft’s best friend in the Commission’ who
will decide on EP’s restart request…”