On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 09:57:18PM +0200, Uwe Pross wrote: > Hi there, > > On 29 Aug 2003 at 17:21:26 +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote: > > > To sum it up in English: partially due to the protests, > > the acclamation in the EU parliament has been deferred > > until end of September or later. > > Felix E. Klee wrote: > > > BTW, we haven't made up our mind yet, whether we should > > encourage web sites to continue protesting until the end > > of September, or not. > > I am for continuation protesting since the matter is quite > serious. The last court decision about a sw patent of Eolas > which claims m$ has used its technique for embedded links is > a very good example (even if I think m$ can afford to lose > some lawsuits). Even the w3c is concerned about this > decision since it may effect all plugin techniques. Maybe > this decision will help to avoid sw patents in europe. > > I suggest to put a statement on top of each page which shows > our protest against sw patents. But I could go with the > current protest page as well. > > Any other thoughts/opinions?
I'm for continuing to protest. One mere week was too short anyway. Bye Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
