I'm responsible for the CGI links on noamazon.com, and it is for a very simple purpose: I record every click-through into a logfile. As yet, I've not written a program to parse the logfile, but once I do, I'm going to put a number below the links section that says "xxxxx people have protested Amazon.com's patent". Similarly, if enough people click through to a particular vendor, I intend to send them a letter stating so and asking them to sign a pledge that says that they will not patent any software developments they make. I doubt they will do this, but one can always hope. If you take the time to read the text at the bottom of our more.html page (linked to from all the pages except the index.html page) you will see that we have publicly stated that we do not accept money, and we do not intend to. - Casey
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I'm responsible for the CGI links on noamazon.com, and it is for a very simple purpose: I record every click-through into a logfile. As yet, I've not written a program to parse the logfile, but once I do, I'm going to put a number below the links section that says "xxxxx people have protested Amazon.com's patent". Similarly, if enough people click through to a particular vendor, I intend to send them a letter stating so and asking them to sign a pledge that says that they will not patent any software developments they make. I doubt they will do this, but one can always hope. If you take the time to read the text at the bottom of our more.html page (linked to from all the pages except the index.html page) you will see that we have publicly stated that we do not accept money, and we do not intend to. - Casey