Re: Choice of venue, was: GUADEC report

[Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>]

On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 18:49, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote:

> The patent non-policy should not be used as a precedent.  It's there
> until the software patent issue goes away in one direction or another
> -- the current situation is not tenable for the years to come.  It's
> not something anybody should be proud of or enjoy doing, but it's the
> only way to have *any* software right now.

Sigh. Yes. But the difference between the two makes no practical
difference whatsoever to our users at present, so what's the point?

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org