El Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 11:00:01PM +0000, MJ Ray deia:
xdrudis@tinet.org xdrudis@tinet.org wrote:
I heard that UK is the country pushing for software patents in Europe.
Please, do not start that again. The UK Government, advised by the UKPTO,
OK, let's leave it here, then.
I don't think it's fair to say that the UK is pushing for it. I don't think most UK subjects are even aware of the issue right now, not even the ones who ought to know about it.
If I understand you say the country is not pushing it, only its government? If that's so, I have no problem to take back "the UK is the country pushing..." and replace it with "the UK government is pushing..." or "some civil servants and/or politicians in the UK government and/or administration are pushing it..." But it is not so uncommon to assume a democratic goverment represents the country even if many people in the country disagree with the government or don't have an opinion. It's sort of the best generalization you can make, but yes, you don't have to make generalisations at all if you're a bit paranoid on language. All generalizations are bad :). Sorry to have let one about UK through.
So your help trying to change that would be more useful (IMHO) than fighting this single license. If you want to help your country fellows in keeping our law system sane, you may want to read
And then you may want to help AFFS organise its campaign against this
Is your "you" the same as my "you" (i.e. Martin) or am I this "you" ? I guess you're taƱking to Martin, but if I can help somehow, just tell me.
ill-considered move. http://www.affs.org.uk/ We're looking for new faces to help us on this troublesome issue. Other campaigns are setting up, too.