Hartmut Pilch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote Thu, 11 Jan 2001:
> To: "Julian Stacey [EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: Peter Mutsaers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Do we have any chance of putting a statement from a BSD organisation on
> http://petition.eurolinux.org/statements
> and a logo on
> http://petition.eurolinux.org/sponsors
> ?
> Maybe Julian could draft that statement and have someone sign it in
> the name of the FreeBSD project?
If Someone From <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Invites Me To ...
I will prepare a draft statement for submission & approval by freebsd core,
So I'm cc'ing core@ this request:
Please appoint someone to prepare a policy statement:
"Software Patents - The FreeBSD Perspective"
I'm not seeking the job (got plenty else to do, as we all have :-) ,
but will do it if core want a draft statement to authorise.
(FYI folks: I'm in the curious position of knowing more than I'd
like to about software patents, & having very good relations with
appropriate staff of European Patent Office, despite being unhappy
with the way patents are going.
(Anyone who thinks software patents don't exist is sadly mis-informed
(I was taught that once too), To remove rose tinted glasses,
anyone interested can go read the URLs to sites at FFII LPF etc,
pointed to by my http://bim.bsn.com/~jhs/txt/patents.html)
Other @freebsd.org lists that might be interested in discussing
software patents & impact on FreeBSD are (from list from
[EMAIL PROTECTED] July 2000) :- advocacy@ policy@
but I haven't cross posted/cc'd them (policy@ might be read only BTW).
PS I imagine what is wanted is a short, 1 paragraph polite statement,
(not what my web page is ;-)
Julian
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