-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 As you may or may not know, the European Union is reconsidering patent law once again. This is a very serious matter, as there is a distinct possibility that software patents could be introduced in Europe. We might even see the US software patent validity extend to our nations.
The European Union has launched a consultation process regarding this matter. This is where you can really get your voice heard. The deadline was originally March 31st, but has now been extended to April 12th: http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/indprop/patent/consultation_en.htm This is probably in no small part thanks to FSFE's associate organisation FFII, who also have a website with useful info about this consultation: http://consultation.ffii.org/ If anyone is stuck for time, they could endorse FSFE's response, and if they have time, they could add comments or examples of there own. A html copy of FSFE's response is now at: http://fsfeurope.org/projects/swpat/fsfe-patstrat-response.en.html Please *do* send a comment if you can, or (even better!) endorse the FSFE position on the matter. Regards Shane - -- Shane Martin Coughlan e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] m: +447773180107 w: www.shaneland.co.uk - --- Projects: http://mobility.opendawn.com http://gem.opendawn.com http://enigmail.mozdev.org http://www.winpt.org - --- Organisations: http://www.fsfeurope.org http://www.fsf.org http://www.labour.org.uk http://www.opensourceacademy.gov.uk - --- OpenPGP: http://www.shaneland.co.uk/personalpages/shane/files/publickey.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4-cvs: (MingW32) iQCVAwUBRDgf79wG3M95JPpzAQgfCQP/Sd29b+n7Xz/91G1Etes1awCLhcll5qqB KgBIqWAa+bvJaOcpH0bCworf+y53z1dRSeOpYpO20yi+aVPqqt80wczyiaXtLm+V Aflb/axX6fpifAC+SKrLpZAmTp/3tGWnoz3+L92UgEpifahpPk3Dsld/SsK45V7w 1kbDMuTp60A= =qXFT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
