You may have noticed that Monty & I have spoken out against software patents regularly. We have actually been fighting them since way before MySQL! For example David joined the LPF (see lpf.ai.mit.edu) in 89/90.
We believe that software patents will work against software developers by enabling the largest companies to develop patent monopolies that stifle innovation. We believe that copyright is the correct way to protect innovation and preserve programmers rights. On Tuesday, Monty issued a statement along with Linus Torvalds (Linux) and Rasmus Lerdorf (PHP) as part of a campaign conducted by www.nosoftwarepatents.com. You can read the full statement here: http://nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m/intro/app0411.html Hopefully you will also take part in this fight (especially if you live in any of the European Union states). See the "How to Help" link to the left on the nosoftwarepatents.com website. Monty & David MySQL Founders -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
