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<pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dear Supporters of NoSoftwarePatents.com:</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The EU Commission, under the leadership of someone who previously</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>failed as Portuguese prime minister and as per the suggestion of a </span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Microsoft puppet, has decided to decline the European Parliament's</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>request for restarting the process on the software patent directive.</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>You can read more about this here:</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=407">http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=407</a></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>This is a crime against democracy. However, it will have repercussions</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>of enormous proportions. At the end of the day, I believe that the</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Commission will very much regret this. The EU Council may already</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>decide next Monday that it wants to renegotiate its so-called</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Common Position on the software patent directive. Even if the Council</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>doesn't do so, then the European Parliament will give the Commission</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>a "rough ride" in the second reading as one MEP already said.</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>For now I only have one little request: If you are an active</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>slashdot.org user, please submit a story to slashdot.org on this and</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>include a link to the above addresses since that will help generate </span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>awareness for the fact that Microsoft influenced this decision.</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Best regards,</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Florian Mueller</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Campaign Manager, NoSoftwarePatents.com</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></pre><pre><font
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