If software patents are not legal in Europe, why would he be offered an award, let alone a patent?
Here is DeGucht echoing talking points that concentrate on imaginary problems but not the real impact of ACTA. We have seen it before. Is he playing devil's advocate?
Remember that even 15 years ago (more or less, maybe 16 years ago) Canonical appointed a a 'former' Microsoft manager (Spencer) to lead Ubuntu on the desktop