Re: [Sheflug] Software Patents

[David Holden <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxx>]

  Thanks for the info richard, I add a few links to my e-mail signature 
regarding things that concern me, its one small way of publicising things.

     cheers,
               dave.



Richard Ibbotson wrote:
> Hi
> 
> There might be some of you out there who have an interest in the Euro 
> patents software thing that's very much in discussion just now.  The 
> Governments view is that the software patents battle that is taking 
> place in the States is very much something that we should import it 
> into this country.  The only country in Europe that is supporting 
> this and a Euro version of DMCA is England.  Most of the support for 
> this comes from some very wealthy legal people.  Us ordinary folk are 
> not important.  For more info you might like to have a look at ....
> 
> http://petition.eurolinux.org/pr/pr14.html?LANG=en
> 
> and you may also wish to have a look at .....
> 
> http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/en/indprop/comp/02-277.htm
> 
> and
> 
> http://www.patent.gov.uk/about/consultations/conclusions.htm
> 
> You should an interest in this.  Sheffield may be in England but it 
> is now very much a part of Europe and we should think about our 
> future.  The Government are not in support of the kind of software 
> that we use or develop.  You should be aware of that.   It's true 
> that the Civil Service are in support of GNU/Linux and the BSDs.  
> But, they have a different agenda from the other crowd who really do 
> want to see the end of free versions of Unix or GNU/Linux.
> 
> See also....
> 
> http://fsfeurope.org/
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 



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