[Fsfe-uk] Re: [Alug]Software Patents /. story

[MJ Ray]

On 2003-08-30 13:19:54 +0100 Paul Russell <address@hidden> wrote:
> There's a story on /. at the moment which talks about a letter sent 
> by one 
> John Salin to the USPTO regarding software patents. The author of 
> this 
> article suggests mentioning this to MEPs. Does anyone know enough 
> about the 
> way the anti-SP movement is run here in the UK to make this happen in 
> a 
> coordinated fashion?
>
> http://slashdot.org/articles/03/08/29/2136238.shtml?tid=155&tid=99

Paul, thanks for the information.  The main lists that I know of which 
are dealing with swpat in the UK are the fsfe-uk list and the FFII.org 
lists.  We're already doing a lot of MEP contacting and more is always 
welcome.  I think you'll be able to find a lot of advice on it at the 
www.FFII.org.uk www.softwarepatents.co.uk and swpat.ffii.org sites and 
get writing/faxing/emailing.  This topic is live at least until 
October, I think.

I'm not a member of the FFII email list yet, but I'll cc this to the 
fsfe-uk list and hope that someone will forward it where relevant and 
not yet seen.

[Note to fsfe-uk: this is forwarded from the list of the Anglian local 
user group, www.alug.org.uk ]
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