-----Original Message-----
Gianugo Rabellino wrote:
> Noel J. Bergman wrote:
> > Whatever text we adopted will need to be approved, anyhow, but do you
want
> > to add anything to the effect that the Apache Software Foundation
develops
> > software based upon Open Standards and promotes inter-operability, both
of
> > which would be threatened by software patents, and therefore the ASF is
> > taking its position based upon the firm belief that Internet technology
must
> > remain open and unencumbered?

> I sure would like to see such statements but, given the lack of time, I
> thought that it would have been less questionable and debatable to have
> a more neutral text. But addition, if possible, would be most welcome.

Is this more to your liking?

  Apache Software Foundation promotes software development based upon
  Open Standards, and promotes inter-operability.  The ASF acts in the
  belief that Internet technologies must remain open and unencumbered.

        --- Noel


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