On 14 Aug 2003 at 1:42, Ciaran O'Riordan wrote:
If there were any chance it could be struck down, I'd be far happier.
If it's struck down, we keep the status quo, software patents continue to be handed out, and when we fight this again, the companies with software patents will fight harder because they will stand to lose more. We must aim to end this now.
I agree. I had been thinking when I wrote it all software patents actually though this was out of context.
Thanks for including the Irish MEPs in you letter sending campaign, you're obviously not afraid of occassional hard, laborious work :)
Oh I live in Cork. And besides, fifteen Irish MEP's in nothing compared to 89 British MEP's. I sent fifteen letters a day which took me over an hour to individually stamp, address and stuff the letter into.
I would even have written to all the Spanish MEP's as my spanish is passable and I used to live there. But I haven't worked in over a year, so couldn't afford the stamps :(
Cheers, Niall