> From: Richard Stallman > Subject: Looking for specific cases where software patents hurt free software > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 10:00:08 -0700 (MST) > > [Please repost this widely wherever appropriate] > > We would like to collect information about cases where free software > has been harmed by software patents--that is, cases where a free > program has been withdrawn from use or interfered with, or where a > feature was taken out or never written in the first place, because of > the danger of a patent. > > We hope to use this information to argue against the system of > software patents, especially in Europe where the question has become > a live political issue (see www.freepatents.org). > > If you know of such a case, please write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > and tell us what happened. > > Ideally we would like to know the name of the program, its developer's > name and email address or other coordinates, what happened to the > program, and the patent number. If you know those things, please > include them in your report. But if you don't have all of that > information, please write anyway and tell us whatever you know. For > instance, if you can tell us how to contact the program's developer, > we can probably get the rest of the information from the developer. > If you can tell us just the program's name, we may be able to find the > developer. We may write back to you to try to get more details; even > leads for getting more details may be useful. > > Please send your information to [EMAIL PROTECTED] rather than to > me personally, so that we can collect the responses efficiency. -- http://www-internal.alphanet.ch/linux-leman/ avant de poser une question.