More OT - Re: Vote against software-patents
How about a two-track vote? We should press hard to prevent software patents AND the GPL. The GPL is pushing a lot of the rush to further patents, as more of more GPL advocates openly copy software and then place it into a licensing scheme that is even WORSE than patents. Patented software can always be negotiated with $ and within the legal system. GPL'd software can't be. We should be fighting both of these movements tooth and nail. We should insist on non-GPL licenses and not use anything (ANYTHING!) licensed with it; and we should boycott companies that work to patent software. Dereck --- Han Boetes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jasper Lievisse Adriaanse wrote: > > You also received an e-mail from Norbert Bollow, > right? :-) > > Indeed I did. And I want everybody to get involved > and to start > thinking about it! > > That's why I took the liberty of write a message > about this > seemingly off-topic subject. > > > > # Han
Re: Vote against software-patents
On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:05:05 +0100 Jason McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 11:26:44PM +0159, Han Boetes wrote: > > Hi, > > > > For everyone interested in the matter of software-patents. Here is > > your chance to vote against them, yes, even if you are not from > > Europe. And even if you don't live in Europe this is a very impor- > > tant frontier, a good chance to stop them in their tracks and to > > make sure software stay free and Open Source Software stays > > possible. > > > > Please read on over here: > > > > http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m/ev50/vote.html > > > > jesus. no disrespect intended, but some of these choices were "made by a > random generator". the award of best european of the year is probably going > to go to 0xff. I didn't follow the list provided since I can make up my own mind. But that e- mail did guide me to the poll. > > and since when has voting ever done us any good? i can't believe this is > going to change anything. No it's going to change anything, but still... > > jmc > Cheers, Jasper -- "Security is decided by quality" -- Theo de Raadt
Re: Vote against software-patents
On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 11:26:44PM +0159, Han Boetes wrote: > Hi, > > For everyone interested in the matter of software-patents. Here is > your chance to vote against them, yes, even if you are not from > Europe. And even if you don't live in Europe this is a very impor- > tant frontier, a good chance to stop them in their tracks and to > make sure software stay free and Open Source Software stays > possible. > > Please read on over here: > > http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m/ev50/vote.html > jesus. no disrespect intended, but some of these choices were "made by a random generator". the award of best european of the year is probably going to go to 0xff. and since when has voting ever done us any good? i can't believe this is going to change anything. jmc
Re: Vote against software-patents
Jasper Lievisse Adriaanse wrote: > You also received an e-mail from Norbert Bollow, right? :-) Indeed I did. And I want everybody to get involved and to start thinking about it! That's why I took the liberty of write a message about this seemingly off-topic subject. # Han
Re: Vote against software-patents
On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:26:44 +0159 Han Boetes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > For everyone interested in the matter of software-patents. Here is > your chance to vote against them, yes, even if you are not from > Europe. And even if you don't live in Europe this is a very impor- > tant frontier, a good chance to stop them in their tracks and to > make sure software stay free and Open Source Software stays > possible. > > Please read on over here: > > http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m/ev50/vote.html > > > > # Han > You also received an e-mail from Norbert Bollow, right? :-) Cheers, Jasper -- "Security is decided by quality" -- Theo de Raadt
Vote against software-patents
Hi, For everyone interested in the matter of software-patents. Here is your chance to vote against them, yes, even if you are not from Europe. And even if you don't live in Europe this is a very impor- tant frontier, a good chance to stop them in their tracks and to make sure software stay free and Open Source Software stays possible. Please read on over here: http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m/ev50/vote.html # Han
