This is (OT), but of general interest to the community. And since Nico was nice enough to reply, I hope it is worth posting to the list.
On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 01:36:55PM +0100, Nico W. Fritschi wrote: > Hello Doug, > > > Shouldn't this be of concern to *all* Europeans, based on the tactics > > being used? Even if someone were to not care about the patent issue, > > they should care about the damage that is being done to Government by > > representation. > I agree with your view that it should be of concern to all Europeans, but > as it is right now it is not easy to get the attention of the broad public > in such a short time. AFAIK it is common practice to bring up items on > council meetings that are actually "off topic". I've been told that these > are usually just included if they are non-controversial, i.e. a viable > compromise has been found. This is not the case here tough. > > Right now it is important to get the attention of as many people as > possible, especially those who are inclined to help. > > > Is it too late or unwise to make this an issue not only of software > > patents, but of misguided tactics? It would seem like the potential for > > a wider audience is there. > I don't think it would be advisable to try to make this a broader issue > than it already is at this point of time. Mainly this is because of the > time issue. If this item should be passed next monday the parliament > wouldn't have the possibilty to restart the discussion. > > For more indepth information on these issues have a look at > www.ffii.org/index.en.html, http://swpat.ffii.org/index.en.html and of > course the webdemo page at http://demo.ffii.org/cons0501/ > > If you could help us to spread the word in the Debian community a lot could > be achieved towards getting the attention of the council members. > > Thanks you very much, > > Nico Fritschi -- Doug Jensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
