[Fsfe-ie] Pat Cox and Irish support for swpat

[Barry Mahon]

On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 12:00:17 +0200, <fsfe-ie-request at fsfeurope.org> wrote:

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> Are the two unconnected, or is there a reason that there seems to be
> such hardline Irish support for all-out unlimited software patentability?

Of course they are! M$ is a BIG supporter of the Irish Gov. line on this - may even have been the instigator of it, wasn't there a remark on here a while back on who sponsored the Irish EU presidency site?

Bye, Barry