[Legal] Re: Legal digest, Vol 1 #39 - 1 msg

[Ruslan Dzhumaiev]

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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 12:01:06 +0300 (MSK)
Subject: Legal digest, Vol 1 #39 - 1 msg

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>    1. Fw: Re: [Osdem]Something concerning Software Patent was suppose to happend the Wednesday after FOSDEM... (Alexander Bokovoy)
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> Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 14:39:02 +0200
> From: Alexander Bokovoy <a.bokovoy на sam-solutions.net>
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> Subject: [Legal] Fw: Re: [Osdem]Something concerning Software Patent was suppose to happend the Wednesday after FOSDEM...
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> FYI:
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> ----- Forwarded message from Xavi Drudis Ferran <xdrudis на tinet.org> -----
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> Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 22:02:41 +0100
> From: Xavi Drudis Ferran <xdrudis на tinet.org>
> To: osdem на lists.raphinou.com
> Subject: Re: [Osdem]Something concerning Software Patent was suppose to happend the Wednesday after FOSDEM...
> In-Reply-To: <003801c1cdd5$73a50fd0$420915ac на dglaude>
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> El Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 06:01:57PM +0100, David GLAUDE Mailing deia:
> > If I remember well the presentation the first day at Fosdem.
> > One of the talker told us that something was about to be announced
> > just after FOSDEM and that we should expect to get something on Wednesday.
> > 
> > It was the talker closely related to EC and he could not tell us about it.
> > 
> > Did someone watched the news and had seen what I have not seen?
> > Any URL pointing to that announcement.
> > 
> Yes indeed. And I think is worse than he was thinking (e.g. software product 
> claims are allowed)
> 
> The European Comission Directorate General Interior Market published 
> a proposal for a directive to legalise software patents (Feb 20th 2002). 
> It appears to have been written in the most part by a Bussiness Software Alliance 
> lawyer (BSA is a gang of Microsoft, Adobe, etc.)
> 
> It's wording is confusing and their press releases contradict reality and 
> the directive text, see it all uncovered at
> 
> http://swpat.ffii.org/vreji/papri/eubsa-swpat0202/index.en.html
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> There is a paneuropean effort to convince our politicians to reject 
> that proposal, and any help is wellcome. 
> 
> All French political parties have already spoken against it, 
> 
> http://lists.ffii.org/archive/mails/news/2002/Mar/0005.html
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> the French government stands against it 
> http://swpat.ffii.org/papers/eubsa-swpat0202/france020301/index.en.html
> 
> Also politicians in Germany
> http://swpat.ffii.org/papers/eubsa-swpat0202/tauss020312/index.en.html
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> The Dutch labour party
> http://swpat.ffii.org/papers/eubsa-swpat0202/pvda020220/index.en.html
> 
> But there is strong lobbying by the patent movement and UK seems to 
> be for software patents. We need to talk to our representatives everywhere. 
> (State governments, MEPs, and anyone who can influence them: unions, 
> businesses, political parties, NGOs... ).
> No help is too small. If you want to get informed and contact politicians 
> and the press you'll get plenty of information in the swpat.ffii.org 
> website (and some others).  If you don't want to go too deep in legalese/politics, 
> you can still help by contributing translations (German to anything would 
> be handy, but also any other), art, press contacts, collecting press coverage
> and testimonials, etc. Contact Eurolinux or even myself.
> 
> http://www.eurolinux.org/contact/index.en.html
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> Yo can also join the patents на aful.org mailing list
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> <mailto:sympa на aful.org?subject=subscribe%20patents
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> If you haven't yet, you can sign the petition at 
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> http://petition.eurolinux.org 
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> 
> -- 
> Xavi Drudis Ferran
> xdrudis на tinet.org
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> / Alexander Bokovoy
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