Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 19:27:31 +0100 From: "Julian Stacey Jhs@jhs.muc.de" <jhs@jhs.muc.de> To: PILCH Hartmut <phm@suse.de> Cc: "Julian Stacey Jhs@jhs.muc.de" <jhs@jhs.muc.de>, Peter Mutsaers <peter@mutsaers.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Software Patents Message-ID: <200101131827.f0DIRV701898@jhs.muc.de> In-Reply-To: Message from PILCH Hartmut <phm@suse.de> of "Thu, 11 Jan 2001 15:25:29 %2B0100." <m14GifR-003eyrC@aliuC2.oas.a2e.de>
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Hartmut Pilch <phm@ffii.org> wrote Thu, 11 Jan 2001: > To: "Julian Stacey Jhs@jhs.muc.de" <jhs@jhs.muc.de> > Cc: Peter Mutsaers <peter@mutsaers.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG > > Do we have any chance of putting a statement from a BSD organisation on > http://petition.eurolinux.org/statements > and a logo on > http://petition.eurolinux.org/sponsors > ? > Maybe Julian could draft that statement and have someone sign it in > the name of the FreeBSD project? If Someone From <Core@freebsd.org> Invites Me To ... I will prepare a draft statement for submission & approval by freebsd core, So I'm cc'ing core@ this request: Please appoint someone to prepare a policy statement: "Software Patents - The FreeBSD Perspective" I'm not seeking the job (got plenty else to do, as we all have :-) , but will do it if core want a draft statement to authorise. (FYI folks: I'm in the curious position of knowing more than I'd like to about software patents, & having very good relations with appropriate staff of European Patent Office, despite being unhappy with the way patents are going. (Anyone who thinks software patents don't exist is sadly mis-informed (I was taught that once too), To remove rose tinted glasses, anyone interested can go read the URLs to sites at FFII LPF etc, pointed to by my http://bim.bsn.com/~jhs/txt/patents.html) Other @freebsd.org lists that might be interested in discussing software patents & impact on FreeBSD are (from list from Majordomo-Owner@FreeBSD.ORG July 2000) :- advocacy@ policy@ but I haven't cross posted/cc'd them (policy@ might be read only BTW). PS I imagine what is wanted is a short, 1 paragraph polite statement, (not what my web page is ;-) Julian - Julian Stacey Unix Consultant - Munich Germany http://bim.bsn.com/~jhs/ Considering Linux ? Try FreeBSD with 4200 packages ! Ihr Rauchen => mein allergischer Kopfschmerz ! Kau/Schnupftabak probieren ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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