[Fsfe-uk] UK public comment on important issues, due April 21

[Ciaran O'Riordan]

I haven't seen this mentioned here, seems important.

> From: John Sullivan <address@hidden>
> Subject: UK public comment on important issues, due April 21
> To: address@hidden
> 
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> 
> The UK government has called for public comment[1] on certain
> copyright and patent issues, some of which are of great importance to
> the free software community, such as
> 
> Copyright -- Digital Restrictions Management
>     (Free software to access DRM'd media must be permitted.)
> How "IP" is awarded
>     (Software patents should never be issued.)
> 
> Since all answers will be posted on their web site, a large number of
> responses from our community will show up. So please email a response
> (deadline April 21), and pass the word on to others.
> 
> The request for comment embodies the biased assumptions and
> overgeneralization[2] of the term "intellectual property". (It is a
> mistake to lump copyrights and patents together as if they were
> similar.) We suggest that you avoid adopting that term in your
> response.
> 
> [1] 
> http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/978/9B/gowers_callforevidence230206.pdf
> [2] http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.xhtml
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