If you're one of the people who're confused about the bizarre way the EU Council finally approved the software patents directive, you owe yourself to read Aussi Les Autres by Karl-Friedrich Lenz.
From FFII: Bendt Bentdsen (Danish Minister of Finance, Trade and Industry) or Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs). Got to love that page.
Head over to Groklaw for a transcript and discussion of the EU Council meeting that adopted the software patents directive.
FFII also have a page with English and French transcripts as well as a audio recording ...
The European Anti-Software Patent Bribe Pledge Drive would have just seemed like a bad joke if didn't seem like such a realistic option after todays blatant violation of democratic principles by the EU Council.
For more on the EU Councils approval of the software patent directive, se this article: Council sends a mockery of a CP to the EP
One interesting tidbit from the article: 'Danish minister of economic affairs Bendt Bendtsen explained that ...
According to this article the EU Council Presidency decided to force software patents through the Council against objections from at least Portugal, Denmark, Poland and Cyprus despite the fact that discussion of a point as a B-item according to the EU ...