[Gimp-developer] software patent protest?

2004-04-19 Thread Branko Collin
I noticed that http://www.gimp.org has gone 'black', in order to protest European software patents. A noble cause, for sure, but should this not have been announced at least, perhaps even debated? Or did my trigger-happy, spam-seeking delete-finger erase that message accidentally? --

Re: [Gimp-developer] software patent protest?

2004-04-19 Thread Michael Schumacher
Branko Collin wrote: I noticed that http://www.gimp.org has gone 'black', in order to protest European software patents. A noble cause, for sure, but should this not have been announced at least, perhaps even debated? Or did my trigger-happy, spam-seeking delete-finger erase that message

Re: [Gimp-developer] software patent protest?

2004-04-19 Thread Henrik Brix Andersen
Hi, On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 14:57, Branko Collin wrote: I noticed that http://www.gimp.org has gone 'black', in order to protest European software patents. A noble cause, for sure, but should this not have been announced at least, perhaps even debated? Or did my trigger-happy, spam-seeking

Re: [Gimp-developer] software patent protest?

2004-04-19 Thread Simon Budig
Branko Collin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I noticed that http://www.gimp.org has gone 'black', in order to protest European software patents. A noble cause, for sure, but should this not have been announced at least, perhaps even debated? Or did my trigger-happy, spam-seeking delete-finger

Re: [Gimp-developer] software patent protest?

2004-04-19 Thread Carol Spears
On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 02:57:39PM +0200, Branko Collin wrote: I noticed that http://www.gimp.org has gone 'black', in order to protest European software patents. A noble cause, for sure, but should this not have been announced at least, perhaps even debated? Or did my trigger-happy,

Re: [Gimp-developer] software patent protest?

2004-04-19 Thread Nathan Carl Summers
On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: Hi, On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 14:57, Branko Collin wrote: I noticed that http://www.gimp.org has gone 'black', in order to protest European software patents. A noble cause, for sure, but should this not have been announced at least, perhaps