[Fsfe-ie] Irish Times article

Ian Clarke ian at locut.us
Thu Jun 23 13:51:49 CEST 2005


On 23 Jun 2005, at 11:59, Ciaran O'Riordan wrote:

>
> David O'Callaghan <david.ocallaghan at cs.tcd.ie> writes:
>
>> This is why I think we need a press release!
>>
>
> A press release would be good.
>
> It doesn't have to contain facts and explanations, just positions.   
> For
> explanations, we can be contacted.  Journalists have to know that some
> people (including the 50 million employees of UEAPME) think software
> patenting is a terrible idea.

This is the ridiculous thing.  There are articles like that claiming  
that it is only a small number of software developers expressing  
concern, when in reality it is the vast majority.  We need to bring  
UEAPME's position to the attention of more journalists.

Ian.



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