On Wednesday 27 August 2003 08:43 pm, Dan Gordon wrote: > Has anyone visited rpmfind.net lately ? When I go there and do a > software search I get this. > > This page is temporarily closed in protest against software patents. > Websites may soon be closed down regularly due to software patents. > Software patents can get you prosecuted for publishing texts you wrote > yourself! > > You will be redirected to http://swpat.ffii.org in 20 seconds for more > information. To enter this site, click here > > Seems like some kind of European Patent battle I've not heard of, or am > i getting some kind of strange redirect from rpmfind's website ? > > Regards, > Dan Gordon No it is not a redirect, the Euro Parliment is going to vote on allowing software patents and these website changes are part of the protest. I hope they succeed. Software patents like Amazon's single click are a threat to the entire world of software inovation and Open source. See the link on the Mandrake Homepage for Patents. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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