Re: [ubuntu-uk] UK Patent Laws

2007-02-28 Thread Robbo
Don't believe you can patent an algorithm either. On 28 Feb 2007, at 22:11, Benjamin Webb wrote: > I thought I'd point out > http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page11077.asp , the response to the > petition to stop software patents. Apparently software patents are > already illegal in the UK. >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] what's happened to ubuntu-uk ?

2007-02-20 Thread Robbo
On 20 Feb 2007, at 19:01, Leon Barker wrote: > On 20/02/07, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I was wondering the same thing! Maybe everyone is just quietly >> enjoying >> Ubuntu and not posting because 'it just works'! > > Or everyone has abandoned it because it's going to have CNR in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kodak launch refillable inkjet printers

2007-02-13 Thread Robbo
On 13 Feb 2007, at 21:37, Pat wrote: Personally, I would enjoy seeing Kodak go out of business - software patents are the biggest threat to Linux (and innovation in general) that there is. http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m/intro/ index.html Not a fan of Software Patents myself but in t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software choices

2006-12-28 Thread Robbo
On 28 Dec 2006, at 15:14, Dave Briggs wrote: > Thanks for all the help getting the web working, guys. This is my > first > email that's sent from Evolution - it's quite nice, I have to say! > > Couple of quick newbie questions: > > 1) Do I need to install any anti-virus/malware or firewall soft

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Friday afternoon thread: What *should* be in feisty?

2006-11-17 Thread Robbo
On 17 Nov 2006, at 15:27, Alan Pope wrote: > So we know that at the Ubuntu Developer conference they sit down > and thrash out what they would like to see in Feisty. > > How about you lot, what do you want to see in the next release or > even in Feisty+1? Maybe we can put specifications toget