Re: Webdemo against European Software Patents
On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 10:17:04AM +0100, Nico W. Fritschi wrote:
> I've written a message to press@debian.org and was redirected bye Joey to
> you.
>
> I'm writing on behalf of FFII, the Foundation for a Free Information
> Infrastructure (http://www.ffii.org). In Europe a version of a Software
> Patent directive is on the verge of being passed, although it does not
> hold a qualified majority in the European Parliament. Many parliaments of
> European governments have voiced their opinion against it. But instead of
> restarting the discussion, the Commission wants to push this version of the
> directive through. They use tactics which should not be used in a
> democratic system, viz. they try putting the directive up for the
> Agriculture and Fishery Council Meeting on the coming Monday (Jan. 24.) in
> the last minute (Jan. 19). Their hope is that it will be nodded through
> without further discussion because of the lack of knowledge in this area
> from the Agriculture and Fishery Council members.
>
> There is a webdemo under way whose goal it is to attract the attention of
> the members of the Agriculture and Fishery Council and to spread the word
> to people all around, so that they can help to achieve this goal. The
> webdemo's site can be found at
> http://demo.ffii.org/cons0501/support.php.
>
> Debian has a big following of users and developers worldwide. It would be
> great if you could help us by either replacing the debian.org (or some of
> the european mirrors) front page with a protest page or use a banner in a
> prominent spot. I'm sure you can relate to our concerns regarding software
> patents.
>
> Thank you very much for taking some time
I've added a banner at the top of each page.
--
Matt
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