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Letter To Abolish Software Patents In Australia
Ben Sturmfels writes "Over 500 members of the Australian software industry have have signed an open letter urging their government to abolish software patents. Signatories include free software luminaries Andrew Tridgell and Jonathan Oxer. In 2008 the Australian government began a Review of Patentable Subject Matter. While we missed the 2009 public consultation period, we hope to influence the government's response to the Review, due in February 2011. The letter will be presented to Minister Kim Carr in early August."
Wow.. that was a horrible documentary. Was there some patent preventing them from putting music in it? The minute long "read this slide in silence" between the generic interview snippets was horrible. You can tell that it could be a good film if they got someone with film school experience to follow at least the basic elements of documentary grammar.
How we know is more important than what we know.