On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 08:31:30AM +0200, Uwe Pross wrote: > Hi there, > > On 20 Aug 2003 at 20:10:36 +0200, Felix E. Klee wrote: > > > Is there any chance that the FVWM project participates in > > this event? Note that the FVWM web site doesn't need to > > be closed down completely. On > > http://swpat.ffii.org/gruppe/demo/index.de.html there are > > several examples on how it's possible to show ones > > concerns without taking such drastic measures, but there's > > no need to stick to the examples. > > > > Just as a quick reminder: Many trivial things are already > > patented in the US such as tabbed palettes > > (http://swpat.ffii.org/patente/ > > wirkungen/palette/index.en.html) which e.g. FVWMTabs is > > infringing upon. I for one don't want to have the same > > situation in Europe and fear that it will ultimately kill > > the competitiveness of Free Software. So this protest is > > likely to be our last chance to somewhat influence the > > decision making process.
I fully support this and would like to see the name "fvwm" being used in a good cause. > If nobody minds I could make the web site to be closed > completly (all pages will not work even direct links like > www.fvwm.org/documentation/manpages), closed partialy (only > the entry site will not work) or I could place a statement > about software patents on each page for that day. I'm for closing down the site completely (with a statement, of course). Bye Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
