Re: An Open Letter On Software Patents and EU Election (fwd)

On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 20:25, James Heald wrote:

> Andrew Duff MEP (Eastern Region, Lib Dem) does seem genuinely 
> sympathetic to the overall argument for copyright rather than patents -- 
> but seems primarily drawn to unhappy compromise -- "any directive rather 
> than no directive", and "no point in backing anything which won't 
> achieve a qualified majority".
> 

It's worth pointing out that it is a fundamental principle of
negotiation that you do not reveal your fallback position to your
opponent. Duff has done precisely that --- said that he is prepared to
accept any directive as a fallback.

Alex