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     .. and yep, it did. So you can go ahead and modify at will. Is this any
     easier than creating a file with a list of entries? Probably not...

     -- Thomas Adam

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     * [41]Linux Links
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        * [44]Software and Product News

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                      Legislation and More Legislation
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  Software Patents

   The   proposed  European  Union  directive  on  the  patentability  of
   computer-implemented inventions (software patents directive) is still in
   more or less the same limbo it was in when last discussed here in November.
   As mentioned in November, Poland has expressed serious reservations about
   the proposed measures and [47]has blocked the European Council of Ministers
   from adopting the relatively pro-patent proposal currently before it. This
   would have have occurred, for reasons of expediency, at a [48]meeting of the
   Council of Agriculture and Fisheries.

   Tom Chance, writing at [49]LWN, has given [50]a clear and useful overview of
   how these developments fit within the decision making structure of the EU.
   He also presents a neat précis of the realpolitik which will likely lead to
   Poland shelving its objections in order to achieve agreement on matters
   closer  to its economic self-interest. Should this happen, meaning the
   measure  is  adopted  by  the Council, it could again be rejected by a
   Parliament keen to reinstate its original amendments. However, under the
   relevant voting rules this would require two thirds of all MEPs to vote
   accordingly. This is unlikely to occur.

   Parliamentarians,  and  citizens, concerned about the adoption of this
   controversial  directive  have [51]called for the entire process to be
   restarted from scratch. Since the processing of this directive has now
   spanned a European Parliament election, [52]there are grounds for this to
   occur under the auspices of [53]Rule 55 of the Rules of Procedure of the
   European Parliament. However, it is likely that many Eurocrats will be
   loath to restart the legislative process given that this would open the EU
   institutions to accusations of inefficiency and indecisiveness.

   As we approach the time when decisions on the future of this directive will
   be made, many individuals and organisations are attempting to raise their
   political  representatives' awareness of these matters. Although it is
   valuable in this process to achieve some understanding of the issues and
   consequences of the proposed policy, it is perhaps even more useful to
   impress on elected representatives that they will be called to account in
   their own countries for their voting and policy in Europe.

   Useful sites for those opposed to software patents:
     * [54]Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure - Software Patents
     * [55]Free Software Foundation - Software Patents
     * [56]NoSoftwarePatents.com
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                                Linux Links

   [57]Keeping your life in Subversion, by Joey Hess (this updates on his
   earlier discussions on [58]keeping your home directory and files in CVS.

   [59]Calculating entropy from things like your server logs.

   [60]Experiences in the Desktop Linux community.

   [61]Small is beautiful

   [62]Building web applications with Ruby.