Ben North ben@redfrontdoor.org writes:
Including changes others on the list have made, that would leave us with something like the text below.
Thanks to everyone for the timely and good improvements.
I would have liked to add more details of how the Council's text would have permitted patents on software ideas and I would have liked to make it more clear why patents are specifically bad for software, rather than just bad in general, but I just wouldn't've had time to write/confirm/correct it.
And the reason for leaving the "Every patent is a regulation on software writers ... swpats harm Lisbon strategy" at the top is that implementing the Lisbon strategy is McCreevy's duty, and cutting down on regulation/bureaucracy is his stated aim. So that paragraph should show him the importance of reading the other points.
I forgot to add a finishing line "thanks, contact us at X, etc", but Malcolm probably added something to that effect before faxing.