Patents: Ciaran O’Riordan just posted a message to ILUG, regarding how concerned voters in Ireland can use their votes in tomorrow’s European elections to prevent legalising patenting of software ideas in Europe. Here’s the scoop:
| Area | Vote #1 | and #2 |
|---|---|---|
| East | Avril Doyle | Eoin Dubsky |
| South | Brian Crowley | Gerard Collins |
| North West | Sean O’Neactain | |
| Dublin | Patrica McKenna | Ivana Bacik |
Note the main thing I got wrong — some sitting MEPs from Fianna Fail and FG actually voted the right way! So a vote for FF in this case, is a vote against software patents. (I never thought I’d be saying that, but there you go ;)