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 0x6666ff. 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
