Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 12th Oct 2006 17:44 UTC, submitted by elsewhere
"The European Commission has taken steps to promote the use of open source systems and software in the public sector. It has selected a consortium led by Unisys Belgium to create and manage the Open Source Observatory and Repository, the company announced. Other members of the consortium are the Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology, consultancy GOPA Cartermill, and the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos of Madrid. They will provide an internet service and portal enabling European administrations to centrally store and share the software code of their open source applications and exchange open source knowledge."
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Member since:2006-06-04
The parliament clearly rejected the previous vote on software patents with something like a 700 to 50 votes, so don't spread this misinformation, they know about the subject. But, frankly, I was positively surprised myself back when I heard the result of the vote.
And also, the parliament is the most democratic part of the EU. The members are elected directly by the people in the countries, contrary to the Council (the ministers of each country) and Commission (elected by the parliament, but chosen by the national governments).
Edited 2006-10-12 19:45
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2005-07-06
Sadly, European Commission != European Parliament.
I just don't get how one can let those jerks in the parliament decide about software patents. I'm not sure whether half of them really know about the subject. We're not speaking about speed limits of highways here.