Re: Danger of software patents in Europe

1999-06-20 Thread Michael Talbot-Wilson
> Software patents are threating the freedom of programmers and users of > free software in Europe alike. If this becomes a reality then the Free > Software Community will suffer a hard blow to say the least. So if you > live in Europe please take this seriously, make your voice heard and > tell a

Re: Danger of software patents in Europe

1999-06-16 Thread Detlev Zundel
Hello Sami, What's a software patent ?? A software patent is for software what normal patents are for normal products, i.e. a way "to protect" inventions from being exploited. Usually this means that if you invent something and get granted a patent on it that everybody using your invention in

Re: Danger of software patents in Europe

1999-06-15 Thread Sami Dalouche
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Danger of software patents in Europe

1999-06-14 Thread Detlev Zundel
9/02/04/169219.shtml Original message: From: Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: gnu.announce,gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Danger of software patents in Europe Followup-To: gnu.misc.discuss Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 12:26:33 -0600 (MDT) Organization: Massachvset