Patents, Open Source model under threat

Calum · Post by **Calum** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 4:10 am

3 years ago, Europe was very much against software patents, recognising that the ill informed approach to doling out vague intellectual property rights would ultimately kill innovation, now it appears the European parliament no longer sees a need to protect the right to reinvent the wheel, potentially jeopardising projects such as GIMP, Mozilla and Linux/GNU.

read more and find out how you can make a difference here:

Free Software Support Group article
and here's a recent news article about it all:
Article on IDG.com.sg

Ice9 · Post by **Ice9** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 6:02 am

Thanks for bringing this to our attention Calum, I heard about it a while ago but for one reason or another I completely forgot about it.

I'll contact the EP Information Office in Brussels asap to let them know how I feel about this and I suggest everyone does the same for his country, there's a very useful link for doing that at the end of the news-article on promote-opensource.org.

Edit: I'll also post a link to the promote-opensource article on my site together with the contact information for the Brussels EP Information Office.

Calum · Post by **Calum** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 7:38 am

yes, do do that, spread the word, people, because if the people don't make known what they want, then the folks in charge of administration will just have to make it up as they go along!

Tux · Post by **Tux** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 8:13 am

Time to bitch to my MEP.

Panos · Post by **Panos** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 4:54 pm

Thanks for bringing this one back on the surface Calum. To tell you the truth, I had forgotten completely about that and I was also under the impression that the EU had adopted a more positive stance on this issue.

I guess it's time for me to contact my MEP as well.

Ice9 · Post by **Ice9** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 8:09 am

Hey Panos, I just saw that Newsforge linked to your article, I guess you can expect a few thousand hits more now

This is a vey good thing because it will put even more spotlight on promote-opensource.org!

Calum · Post by **Calum** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 8:41 am

hey, did newsforge include it? that is very cool,

edit: oh yes! http://newsvac.newsforge.com/newsvac/03 ... tml?tid=17
that is very cool indeed!

i for one feel very bigheaded!
pity slashdot snubbed it though, prefferring to stick with much more important issues like "gentoo releases ppc CDs" and other world shattering exclusives...

Ice9 · Post by **Ice9** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 8:55 am

Hey Panos, I just saw that Newsforge linked to your article, I guess you can expect a few thousand hits more now icon_wink.gif

Oh, ,I'm truly sorry Calum, it's true that you wrote the article in the first place!
I associated it with Panos because you posted it on promote-opensource.org.

Calum · Post by **Calum** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 10:48 am

no need for an apology! it's all the same in the end!

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