[EMAIL PROTECTED] (P.L.Hayes) wrote: > I think you may have missed my point: I'm sure it wasn't really > written by Simon Gentry but it might as well've been. The more > signatures this ill-considered and poorly written petition attracts, > the more credence the government will likely give to the pro-swpat > brigade's assertions that opposition to swpats is coming mostly from > illiterate Microsoft hating "open source" programmers - [...]
Nevertheless, the fewer signatures that this hyperbole and typo-laden petition gets, the more credence certain government agencies will give to the pro-swpat brigade's assertions that too few people are worried by the dangers of expanding patentability. Which is worse? Personally, I think we're already viewed as not as sharp-suited as the Microsoft and Nokia guys, so I've signed. I also think that a hint of riotousness and unruliness is no bad thing. Could make politicians think twice before they say something really stupid. http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/softwarepatents/ Regards, -- MJ Ray - see/vidu http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Somerset, England. Work/Laborejo: http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ IRC/Jabber/SIP: on request/peteble. _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
