Hello, I'm just forwading you the annoucement of the demo, but I would like to know if webmasters of www.debian.org can consider to participate to the online demonstration (see http://wiki.ael.be/index.php/BigDemo27aug and http://swpat.ffii.org/group/demo/index.en.html, and my homepage for more infos on the online demonstration)?
Thanks for forwarding this message to the responsible people. And try to come in Brussels this wednesday! ---- Subject: Protest against EU Software Patents Wednesday 27 August, Brussels On Wednesday, August 27, a protest demonstration[1] against the european software patent directive proposal is scheduled in Brussels in front of the European Parliament on the Luxemburg Place(Place du Luxembourg). While some people claim the directive is not about legalizing patents on software, anaysis shows that this directive will result in unlimited US style patentability, including business method patents and that it will forces all member states to make even open publication on the interent a patent infringement. The demonstration starts at 12am at the Luxemburg Place (Place du Luxembourg) and a Press Conference[2] inside the Parliament is planned for 2pm. It is being organised by Belgian activists and supported[3] by Eurolinux and FFII and it will be the last opportunity to show the high public interest in this issue to politicans. It is obvious that the 160.000 signers of the Eurolinux petition[4] will not all be able to be present, but we hope for a strong Belgian presence. If you are not able to come and you are a webmaster, software project leader or have a personal home page, please join the internet demonstration[5] by putting a patent warning on the front page of your web site. [1] http://wiki.ael.be/index.php/BigDemo27aug [2] Press Conference: (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] for subscription) [3] Press Release: http://swpat.ffii.org/news/03/demo0819/index.en.html ---- -- Benjamin Henrion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://bh.udev.org
