[unity1001]

> it's possible for legislation to be terrible while conceived entirely in good faith

This is way too fine-tuned to destroy small software segments, open source and private developers included, for the benefit of large companies that will be able to afford the potential fines.

[DoughnutHole]

That has nothing to do with what I mean by good faith - I just mean that the legislation they’ve proposed is the legislation that they want passed.

That’s different from a poison pill amendment, where the intention isn’t to actually implement the policy, just to kill the legislation that you’re attaching it to.

[unity1001]

One could be inclined to think that in different circumstances. However large software businesses (especially German) are among the backers of the bloc that governs Germany and controls a significant part of Euparl. So you can easily conclude that they would want it to pass...