Vote against software-patents
Hi, For everyone interested in the matter of software-patents. Here is your chance to vote against them, yes, even if you are not from Europe. And even if you don't live in Europe this is a very impor- tant frontier, a good chance to stop them in their tracks and to make sure software stay free and Open Source Software stays possible. Please read on over here: http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m/ev50/vote.html # Han
Re: Vote against software-patents
On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:26:44 +0159 Han Boetes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, For everyone interested in the matter of software-patents. Here is your chance to vote against them, yes, even if you are not from Europe. And even if you don't live in Europe this is a very impor- tant frontier, a good chance to stop them in their tracks and to make sure software stay free and Open Source Software stays possible. Please read on over here: http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m/ev50/vote.html # Han You also received an e-mail from Norbert Bollow, right? :-) Cheers, Jasper -- Security is decided by quality -- Theo de Raadt
Re: Vote against software-patents
Jasper Lievisse Adriaanse wrote: You also received an e-mail from Norbert Bollow, right? :-) Indeed I did. And I want everybody to get involved and to start thinking about it! That's why I took the liberty of write a message about this seemingly off-topic subject. # Han
Re: Vote against software-patents
On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 11:26:44PM +0159, Han Boetes wrote: Hi, For everyone interested in the matter of software-patents. Here is your chance to vote against them, yes, even if you are not from Europe. And even if you don't live in Europe this is a very impor- tant frontier, a good chance to stop them in their tracks and to make sure software stay free and Open Source Software stays possible. Please read on over here: http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m/ev50/vote.html jesus. no disrespect intended, but some of these choices were made by a random generator. the award of best european of the year is probably going to go to 0xff. and since when has voting ever done us any good? i can't believe this is going to change anything. jmc
Re: Vote against software-patents
On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:05:05 +0100 Jason McIntyre [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 11:26:44PM +0159, Han Boetes wrote: Hi, For everyone interested in the matter of software-patents. Here is your chance to vote against them, yes, even if you are not from Europe. And even if you don't live in Europe this is a very impor- tant frontier, a good chance to stop them in their tracks and to make sure software stay free and Open Source Software stays possible. Please read on over here: http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m/ev50/vote.html jesus. no disrespect intended, but some of these choices were made by a random generator. the award of best european of the year is probably going to go to 0xff. I didn't follow the list provided since I can make up my own mind. But that e- mail did guide me to the poll. and since when has voting ever done us any good? i can't believe this is going to change anything. No it's going to change anything, but still... jmc Cheers, Jasper -- Security is decided by quality -- Theo de Raadt
More OT - Re: Vote against software-patents
How about a two-track vote? We should press hard to prevent software patents AND the GPL. The GPL is pushing a lot of the rush to further patents, as more of more GPL advocates openly copy software and then place it into a licensing scheme that is even WORSE than patents. Patented software can always be negotiated with $ and within the legal system. GPL'd software can't be. We should be fighting both of these movements tooth and nail. We should insist on non-GPL licenses and not use anything (ANYTHING!) licensed with it; and we should boycott companies that work to patent software. Dereck --- Han Boetes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jasper Lievisse Adriaanse wrote: You also received an e-mail from Norbert Bollow, right? :-) Indeed I did. And I want everybody to get involved and to start thinking about it! That's why I took the liberty of write a message about this seemingly off-topic subject. # Han
