[openstandaarden] Re: [Patents] [Fwd: [asbl-libre] point de vue CD & V software patent]

[David GLAUDE]

Aangenaam de lijst.

Ik ben David Glaude uit AEL en speek geen veel Neederlands. ;-)
Maar ik zal mijn best doen om begriepen en mischien in het engels scrijven.

Ward Vandewege wrote:
> I just (litterally last week) discovered the relevant Flemish list (at
> openstandaarden.be) where lots of 'our' people hang out. I'm not managing
> anything - there are several people on that list that do a lot though. I'm
> cc'ing the list.

Let's admit it our country is split in two and most peaple from one side 
don't know what is happening on the other side. This is because of 
language problem but also because the news paper/tv/radio don't tell us 
about the other side.

So from a anti sw-patent lobbying it mean we need to be active on both 
side almost like it was two country. :-(

> You're welcome to subscribe (but it is in Flemish ;).

Done...

>>However, "you" should contact the MEP of each anti-sw-pat party and tell 
>>them about the party position. Then ask them if they need help applying 
>>that position and choosing wich amendement are really good and wich are 
> 
> Right. Dieter Van Uytvanck has done just that (see
> http://openstandaarden.be/maillists/openstandaarden/3302.html). The offering
> help you propose is a good idea. I'm not sure if this has been done - maybe
> someone else on openstandaarden.be knows.
> 
>>really bad. Because saying we are against and voting the wrong one would 
>>be very stuppid and a bad signal to the elector. ;-)
> 
> Yep.

So my idea is that FFII or Eurolinux must provide a list of ammendment 
that are good or bad (with explanation) and we can relay that to our 
dear MEP (Member of European Parliament).

Whatever we might think about MEP, they can have various voting 
behaviour... They can vote as they want, vote as the Belgian party say 
or vote as the European party say. So we need to go to each of them one 
by one to secure their vote and make sure they understand of will follow 
advice from someone on our side.

Some political party sound pretty much completely in the right 
direction, like the Green, but even there some nordish country could 
listen to Nokia/Erikson.

Some political party have a mix or abiguous behaviour and are split on 
the topic like Socialist (with UK being McCarty and other being more 
anti-sw-patent) and Liberal (that should be for SME but are really for 
big company even when it is obvious most of them are US based).

David GLAUDE

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