[Fsfe-newsfr-en] FSF France news 22/02/2002

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Here are the news from FSF France on 22/02/2002.

News FSF France in text (see attachment for HTML with links) :
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||Collusion Discovered between BSA and European Commission.  ||
||Who is the EC is really working for ?                      ||
||21 February 2002. The European Commission approved this    ||
||wednesday a proposal of directive on software patents.     ||
||Incidentally, the author of this document, according to the||
||Microsoft Word file, is Francisco Mingorance, patent expert||
||and director of public policy at BSA (Business Software    ||
||Alliance), an association which represents the interests of||
||large US software publishers in Europe.                    ||
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FSF France News

Collusion Discovered between BSA and European Commission. Who is the EC is really working for ?
21 February 2002. The European Commission approved this wednesday a proposal of directive on software patents. Incidentally, the author of this document, according to the Microsoft Word file, is Francisco Mingorance, patent expert and director of public policy at BSA (Business Software Alliance), an association which represents the interests of large US software publishers in Europe.