Re: [Gimp-developer] Proposal for protesting against softwarepatents in Europe
Hi Raphaël, my wishes are with You and this protest. Kai-Uwe Behrmann Am 26.08.03, 15:07 +0200 schrieb Raphaël Quinet: > Well, this may be a bit controversial, but I thought about supporting > the demonstration against software patents in Europe by replacing the > GIMP home page by the following page: > http://www.gimp.org/nopatents.html > I prepared that page a couple of days ago, but now I see that the > announcement about the protest has been posted on Slashdot and several > other sites. So maybe it is time to put it on the home page, unless > most people here are against this kind of online protest. The GIMP > web site is in the U.S. so this may not be so relevant. But on the > other hand, several of the most active GIMP developers are living and > working in Europe. > > Is anybody against that kind of action on the GIMP web site? If there > is any strong opposition against it, then there is no need to have a > long debate: I will simply forget about it. Otherwise, I would like > to replace the home page of www.gimp.org later today (let's say in > three or four hours). > > -Raphaël > ___ > Gimp-developer mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer > ___ Gimp-developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] Proposal for protesting against softwarepatents in Europe
Joao S. O. Bueno wrote: If they aprove it in Europe, it will be a matter of a few months before they catch on here (Brazil). We are at risk even with Europe being free. Do it or we will all be slaves soon. -- Jonathan C. Sitte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Gimp-developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] Proposal for protesting against softwarepatents in Europe
On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 10:12:46 -0700 (PDT), Nathan Carl Summers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Raphaël Quinet wrote: > > [...] Otherwise, I would > > like to replace the home page of www.gimp.org later today (let's say in > > three or four hours). > > Before doing that, please correct two nits: > 1. Change "well-documented" to "well-researched" or "well-written," > depending on what you meant. Well-documented is not idiomatic English. I replaced it with "well-written". Thanks for the correction. It is very useful to have native English speakers around... > 2. Make the "no ePatents" graphic point at something. I made it point to the EuroLinux petition page. Since all feedback I got so far has been positive, I have implemented the change and replaced the symlink to the index page. It's a pity that the mailing list is so slow, though. Some messages posted more than two hours ago haven't been distributed yet. This is probably due to the SoBig worm or something like that. Maybe we will never have to put the old index page back in place. Who knows, maybe mmmaybe will be ready very soon? -Raphaël ___ Gimp-developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] Proposal for protesting against softwarepatents in Europe
On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Raphaël Quinet wrote: > Well, this may be a bit controversial, I don't think that there is any disagreement about software patents among the major gimp developers. > but I thought about supporting the demonstration against software > patents in Europe by replacing the GIMP home page by the following page: > http://www.gimp.org/nopatents.html > I prepared that page a couple of days ago, but now I see that the > announcement about the protest has been posted on Slashdot and several > other sites. So maybe it is time to put it on the home page, unless > most people here are against this kind of online protest. > The GIMP web site is in the U.S. so this may not be so relevant. But on > the other hand, several of the most active GIMP developers are living > and working in Europe. I doubt anyone cares where the server is physically located. I'm an USsian, and I care about software patents in europe (as well as the US). > Is anybody against that kind of action on the GIMP web site? No, I'm very much for it. > If there is any strong opposition against it, then there is no need to > have a long debate: I will simply forget about it. Otherwise, I would > like to replace the home page of www.gimp.org later today (let's say in > three or four hours). Before doing that, please correct two nits: 1. Change "well-documented" to "well-researched" or "well-written," depending on what you meant. Well-documented is not idiomatic English. 2. Make the "no ePatents" graphic point at something. Rockwalrus ___ Gimp-developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] Proposal for protesting against softwarepatents in Europe
On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 15:07, Raphaël Quinet wrote: > Is anybody against that kind of action on the GIMP web site? If there > is any strong opposition against it, then there is no need to have a > long debate: I will simply forget about it. Otherwise, I would like > to replace the home page of www.gimp.org later today (let's say in > three or four hours). I think it's a good idea... we should show our support in one way or another - this sounds like a good way to me. Sincerely, ./Brix -- Henrik Brix Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Gimp-developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] Proposal for protesting against softwarepatents in Europe
As far as I am concerned, I'd be pleased to see it there. If they aprove it in Europe, it will be a matter of a few months before they catch on here (Brazil). We are at risk even with Europe being free. Regards, JS -><- On Tuesday 26 August 2003 10:07 am, Raphaël Quinet wrote: > http://www.gimp.org/nopatents.html ___ Gimp-developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
