On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 10:30:54AM +0100 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, Michele Neylon :: Blacknight Solutions thought:
Now that we are 'off the hook' so to speak, do you think it would be a good idea to create something that explains the issues?
The issues need to be explained using language and examples that will attract the attention of SMEs and the disinterested.
Would Richard Stallman's "dangers of software patents" speech be a useful resource? http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/stallman-mec-india.html (from 2000) and http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/stallman-patents.html (2002) and a summary from 2004 at http://www.ariel.com.au/a/rms-unsw.html
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