rants
Random rants and thoughts about my activities in and for the Free Software community.
The truth always prevails
Well, here is a quote from the Sydney Morning Herald (use bugmenot if you don’t want to subscribe) that says it all:
Nigel Stoate, a patent attorney with London firm Taylor Wessing, says the directive leaves the status quo mostly unchanged. About 30,000 software patents are granted by the European Patent Office and the scope of patentability will not be significantly widened. Mr Stoate says the directive removes inconsistencies in granting software patents across the EU’s jurisdictions.
“Europe recognises that patenting software is important to keep up with the US, and the new directive achieves this,” Mr Stoate says. “The new directive is intended to harmonise the position across all the member states.”
The law firm cited has MEP Klaus Heiner Lehne listed as partner. Now, does anybody still believes in the lies that BSA’s lawyers have been spreading around in these days?