I haven't seen this mentioned here, seems important. > From: John Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: UK public comment on important issues, due April 21 > To: [email protected] > > > > The UK government has called for public comment[1] on certain > copyright and patent issues, some of which are of great importance to > the free software community, such as > > Copyright -- Digital Restrictions Management > (Free software to access DRM'd media must be permitted.) > How "IP" is awarded > (Software patents should never be issued.) > > Since all answers will be posted on their web site, a large number of > responses from our community will show up. So please email a response > (deadline April 21), and pass the word on to others. > > The request for comment embodies the biased assumptions and > overgeneralization[2] of the term "intellectual property". (It is a > mistake to lump copyrights and patents together as if they were > similar.) We suggest that you avoid adopting that term in your > response. > > [1] > http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/978/9B/gowers_callforevidence230206.pdf > [2] http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.xhtml > > -- > John Sullivan > Program Administrator | Phone: (617)542-5942 x23 > 51 Franklin Street, 5th Fl. | Fax: (617)542-2652 > Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA | GPG: AE8600B6 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > info-fsf mailing list [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-fsf
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