RMS in London with MEP candidates, this Friday
Posted May 22, 2004 9:59 UTC (Sat) by
erwbgy (subscriber, #4104)
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RMS in London with MEP candidates, this Friday by pointwood
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European software patents get closer
It was announced that a transcript of the talk will be posted on the FFII
website. There was also a guy with a video camera there, but I don't
know if the video will be made available - perhaps an editted version.
This will definitely be worth reading. RMS provided some really good
reasons why software idea patents will cause harm. I particularly liked
the analogy comparing software with symphony composition and what effect
symphony idea patents would have had on the development of the world's
great compositions.
The Greens and the Lib Dems sent representatives. The Lib Dem party
policy is against software idea patents, but some of their MEPs have been
voting for them anyway. The Greens haven't made their minds up yet but
seem to be pretty much against. A position statement from the Tories was
read out and they are in favour of software idea patents. No word on
what the Labour position is, but I'd expect that they would be in favour
too.
A journalist from New Scientist was there (and gave RMS her business
card) so perhaps this issue will get the wider coverage that we're hoping
for.
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