[Fwd: Software patents: next week will be decisive]

[Martijn Meijering]

REPLY TO: D66 at nic.surfnet.nl

Beste lijsters,

Deze mail over de stand van zaken in de software patenten-soap kreeg ik
net binnen. Uit het mailtje van Bert Bakker maak ik op dat er goede kans
is dat het hele proces opnieuw gestart gaat worden, zoals hieronder ook
bepleit wordt. Laten we het hopen.

"Dear Supporters of NoSoftwarePatents.com:

Poland has once again delayed a decision in the EU
Council as you may have heard.  However, there is no realistic
chance that the Council would renegotiate its position.

The basic decision whether software patents get legalized in
the EU or not will be taken next week, on February 2nd and 3rd.

If JURI (the legal affairs committee of the European Parliament)
decides to restart the entire process, then our opponents will
be hard-pressed to ever again build a qualified Council majority
in favor of software patents.  If, however, the process continues,  then
we will hardly be able to win a 2nd reading in the
European Parliament due to extremely high majority requirements.

You can make the difference now by contacting MEPs,
particularly those who are in the JURI committee,
and asking them for their help with restarting the process.

Please take a look at the following document:
http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/docs/050124guide.pdf

It provides you with a lot of information on how to
contact MEPs and ask them for their help now.

We have nothing to lose and everything to gain.  However,
we also have to act very quickly. Judgment day will be next week.

Thanks in advance, and best regards,

Florian Mueller
Campaign Manager, www.NoSoftwarePatents.com"

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