Software Patent Demonstrations Taking Off

Posted by timothy on Monday August 25, 2003 @08:26PM from the that's-tomorrow-folks dept.

feklee writes "The preparations for the rally against software patents on Wednesday are running at full speed. Thanks to announcements in DWN, on KDE, in the Register, and elsewhere, the Online Demo has already more than 600 participants such as Savannah and KDE.de. Now, what about your project?"

And flagboy writes "A group of economists from Europe and the U.S. specialising in patent questions have published a letter to members of the European Parliament calling on them to reject the proposal, accompanied by an analytical paper which casts severe doubts on the reasoning behind the directive and on the methods employed by its proponents." Here's the FFII Press Release.

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See... by mgcsinc · 2003-08-25 20:42 · Score: 1, Flamebait

See European nations propose crazy directive... See Citizens protest in large numbers... See directive's author, and about half the government of Holland resign... See directive disappear... Rinse... Repeat...
Re:Wishing by Anonymous Coward · 2003-08-25 20:42 · Score: 1, Flamebait

insightful: (adj) exhibiting or characterized by insight

And would the moderators care to explain exactly what the insight exhibited by the above post was? A 50-word "I wish the world was a better place" post hardly exhibits insight into anything.