rdonkin 2003/09/03 13:50:23 Modified: docs index.html docs/site elsewhere.html xdocs index.xml xdocs/site elsewhere.xml Log: Added news of the ASF EU patent protest Revision Changes Path 1.296 +1 -0 jakarta-site2/docs/index.html Index: index.html =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-site2/docs/index.html,v retrieving revision 1.295 retrieving revision 1.296 diff -u -r1.295 -r1.296 --- index.html 3 Sep 2003 17:21:10 -0000 1.295 +++ index.html 3 Sep 2003 20:50:23 -0000 1.296 @@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ and <a href="site/elsewhere.html">Elsewhere</a></h4> <ul> <li><a href="site/elsewhere.html#20030901.1">01 September 2003 - Apache Torque <b>3.1</b> Now Available</a></li> + <li><a href="site/elsewhere.html#20030827.1">27 August 2003 - Apache Software Foundation <b>EU Patent Protest</b></a></li> <li><a href="site/elsewhere.html#20030825.1">25 August 2003 - Java JDK version <b>1.3.1</b> Now Available For <b>FreeBSD</b></a></li> <li><a href="site/elsewhere.html#20030822.1">22 August 2003 - <b>LDAPd 0.71a Bugfix Release</b> Announced</a></li> <li><a href="site/elsewhere.html#20030819.1">19 August 2003 - <b>Apache Torque-3.1-beta1</b> Released</a></li> 1.72 +33 -0 jakarta-site2/docs/site/elsewhere.html Index: elsewhere.html =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-site2/docs/site/elsewhere.html,v retrieving revision 1.71 retrieving revision 1.72 diff -u -r1.71 -r1.72 --- elsewhere.html 3 Sep 2003 17:21:10 -0000 1.71 +++ elsewhere.html 3 Sep 2003 20:50:23 -0000 1.72 @@ -189,6 +189,39 @@ For more information, see <a href="http://db.apache.org/">the Apache DB Project</a> - <a href="http://db.apache.org/torque/">Apache Torque</a> website. </p> <hr size="1" noshade="noshade" /> + <a name="20030827.1"> +<h3>27 August - Apache Software Foundation EU Patent Protest</h3> +</a> + <p> + The Apache Software Foundation added their support to the protest against + EU software patents by displaying a message to all visitors to all top + level project pages. + The text of the message follows: + </p> + <dd> + On September 1st the European Commission is going to vote a revised + version of the European Patentability rules. The proposed revision + contains a set of serious challenges to Open Source development since + regulation regarding software patents will be broadly extended and + might forbid independent development of innovative (Open Source and + not) software-based solutions. + </dd> + <dd> + The European Open Source community is very concerned about the upcoming + new regulation and has organized a demo protest for August 27, asking + Open Source supporting sites to change their home pages to let everyone + know what is going on at the European Parliament. The Apache Software + Foundation has decided to support this initiative, and this is why you + are seeing this page. + </dd> + <dd> + For further information please see + <a href="http://swpat.ffii.org">http://swpat.ffii.org</a> and + <a href="http://petition.eurolinux.org">http://petition.eurolinux.org</a>. + You will be redirected automatically to the Jakarta homepage in 60 seconds + (or continue on to <a href="/index2.html">jakarta.apache.org</a>). + </dd> + <hr size="1" noshade="noshade" /> <a name="20030825.1"> <h3>25 August 2003 - Java JDK version 1.3.1 Now Available For FreeBSD.</h3> </a> 1.242 +1 -0 jakarta-site2/xdocs/index.xml Index: index.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-site2/xdocs/index.xml,v retrieving revision 1.241 retrieving revision 1.242 diff -u -r1.241 -r1.242 --- index.xml 3 Sep 2003 17:21:10 -0000 1.241 +++ index.xml 3 Sep 2003 20:50:23 -0000 1.242 @@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ and <a href="site/elsewhere.html">Elsewhere</a></h4> <ul> <li><a href="site/elsewhere.html#20030901.1">01 September 2003 - Apache Torque <b>3.1</b> Now Available</a></li> + <li><a href="site/elsewhere.html#20030827.1">27 August 2003 - Apache Software Foundation <b>EU Patent Protest</b></a></li> <li><a href="site/elsewhere.html#20030825.1">25 August 2003 - Java JDK version <b>1.3.1</b> Now Available For <b>FreeBSD</b></a></li> <li><a href="site/elsewhere.html#20030822.1">22 August 2003 - <b>LDAPd 0.71a Bugfix Release</b> Announced</a></li> <li><a href="site/elsewhere.html#20030819.1">19 August 2003 - <b>Apache Torque-3.1-beta1</b> Released</a></li> 1.46 +36 -0 jakarta-site2/xdocs/site/elsewhere.xml Index: elsewhere.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-site2/xdocs/site/elsewhere.xml,v retrieving revision 1.45 retrieving revision 1.46 diff -u -r1.45 -r1.46 --- elsewhere.xml 3 Sep 2003 17:21:10 -0000 1.45 +++ elsewhere.xml 3 Sep 2003 20:50:23 -0000 1.46 @@ -20,6 +20,42 @@ <hr size="1" noshade="noshade" /> +<a name="20030827.1"> +<h3>27 August - Apache Software Foundation EU Patent Protest</h3> +</a> + <p> + The Apache Software Foundation added their support to the protest against + EU software patents by displaying a message to all visitors to all top + level project pages. + The text of the message follows: + </p> + <dd> + On September 1st the European Commission is going to vote a revised + version of the European Patentability rules. The proposed revision + contains a set of serious challenges to Open Source development since + regulation regarding software patents will be broadly extended and + might forbid independent development of innovative (Open Source and + not) software-based solutions. + </dd> + <dd> + The European Open Source community is very concerned about the upcoming + new regulation and has organized a demo protest for August 27, asking + Open Source supporting sites to change their home pages to let everyone + know what is going on at the European Parliament. The Apache Software + Foundation has decided to support this initiative, and this is why you + are seeing this page. + </dd> + + <dd> + For further information please see + <a href="http://swpat.ffii.org">http://swpat.ffii.org</a> and + <a href="http://petition.eurolinux.org">http://petition.eurolinux.org</a>. + You will be redirected automatically to the Jakarta homepage in 60 seconds + (or continue on to <a href="/index2.html">jakarta.apache.org</a>). + </dd> + +<hr size="1" noshade="noshade" /> + <a name="20030825.1"> <h3>25 August 2003 - Java JDK version 1.3.1 Now Available For FreeBSD.</h3> </a>
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