GnuDiff's Journal: EU to silently adopt crippling patent laws on Monday

Mandrakesoft warns the software community on the newest EU stunt:

In direct contravention of the recent vote by the European Parliament to curtail Software Patents, the Irish Presidency of the European Union has surreptitiously reinstated unlimited software patent language into the text of a statement to be adopted by the European Council of Ministers on Monday, May 17, without further debate!