Re: Join Stallman and Software SMEs to refuse sofware patents - Mailing list pgsql-hackers
From | Tim Hawkins |
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Subject | Re: Join Stallman and Software SMEs to refuse sofware patents |
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Msg-id | 00d901c30fd4$1df69ad0$d432a8c0@DEMO01 Whole thread Raw |
In response to | Join Stallman and Software SMEs to refuse sofware patents (Jean-Michel POURE <jm.poure@freesurf.fr>) |
List | pgsql-hackers |
While you are there perhaps you can make them aware of this absurdity http://www.kslaw.com/library/articles.asp?1063 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean-Michel POURE" <jm.poure@freesurf.fr> To: <pgsql-announce@postgresql.org>; <pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org>; <pgadmin-hackers@postgresql.org>; <phppgadmin-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>; <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>; "pgsql-general" <pgsql-general@postgresql.org> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 8:14 AM Subject: [HACKERS] Join Stallman and Software SMEs to refuse sofware patents > Dear members of the PostgreSQL Community, > > I registered the congress at the European Parliament (Brussels Thursday 8 May > 2003 9:00-12:00 room ASP 1G2) to explain in 2 minutes how PostgreSQL and some > of its offshots (pgAdmin & PhpPgAdmin) can benefit the economy. > > If you are interested in joining us, please contact directly Laurence van de > Walle (Lvandewalle@europarl.eu.int) and CC me. A registration is needed to > have access to the conference room, get a badge, etc... > > Best regards, > Jean-Michel POURE > **************************************************************************** ** > > > Join Stallman and Software SMEs to refuse sofware patents ! > > On May 8 morning in European Parliament in Brussels, innovative software > companies such as MySQL, Galeco, Ilog, Opera ... will gather with Richard > Stallman and MEPs from the Greens-efa Group to voice their concerns on the > implications of software patents on SMEs. > > Software are currently protected by copyright but there is a project for a > European directive to legalize patents on software (com 2002-092). Although > many Members of Parliament are aware that the patent system is not suitable > for sofware, the rapporteur Arlene McCarthy (UK, Labour) is in favour. If > Europe would adopt a system similar to the American system, 30.000 software > patents waiting to be legalized would be inforced. Patents favour huge > companies that can affoard a legal department, therefore harming small and > medium-sized enterprises that create most of the innovation in the IT field. > Patents are expensive, cause a lot of administrative work, are granted slowly > and for a long period, while the life cycle of sofwtare is short ... > Moreover, patents kill the free and open source software. The patent system > does not fit softwares. > > We call on software developpers, sofware companies, and all those who support > copyright protection for software to come and address a clear signal to the > European legislative body, shortly before the final vote takes place. After > the conference a joyfull gathering on the theme "Free ideas for a Free World" > with street theater and a buffet lunch is planned in front of the Parliament > Place du Luxembourg. > > Registration and programme : Laurence Van de Walle > Lvandewalle@europarl.eu.int +32-2-2841695 > http://www.greens-efa.org > > This is part of a larger event "Software patents from legal worldplay to > economic reality" with B. Kahin at the Dorint Hotel 7 May 14-18:00 organized > by FFII > > !!!!!!!THANKS FOR HELPING WIDESPREADING !!!!!! > > > SOFTWARE PATENTS AND EUROPEAN SME > > A conference co-organized by the Greens-efa and the Liberal Groups in European > Parliament > > Brussels Thursday 8 May 2003 9:00-12:00 room ASP 1G2 > > > > 9:00 Welcome address by Dany Cohn-Bendit MEP chair Green-efa and Graham > Watson MEP Chair ELDR > > > 9:15 "The Commission's proposal in a legal perspective" by R. Bakel, > university of Amsterdam, co-author study Juri 107 > With the participation of E. Plooij-Van Gorsel (ELDR, rapporteur ITRE) and M. > Rocard (PSE, rapporteur CULT) to be confirmed > > 9: 45 "Economic consequences of software patents" by Ph. Aigrain, European > Commission > > 10:00 Panel I : "Innovative SME and Software patents" : Case studies > > David Axmark, CEO MySQL (data bases) Sweden > Hakon Wium Lie, CTO Opera (makes sofware for Nokia) Norway > Pierre Haren, CEO Ilog (object-oriented software engineering) France > Wojtek Narczynski CEO Power Media (Custom web software) Poland > Thorsten Lemke, CEO Lemke Software (Graphic Converter) Germany > nn, CEO Symlabs.com (identity manager) Portugal > > 11:00 Debate with MEPs, SMEs and the public > > 11:30 Keynote speach : Richard Stallman, founder of the GNU project : How > Software Patents Affect Software Development > > 12:00 Conclusion by Graham Watson MEP and Dany Cohn-Bendit MEP > > After the conference a joyfull gathering on the theme "Free ideas for a Free > World" with street theater and a buffet lunch is planned in front of the > Parliament Place du Luxembourg. > > On May 7 afternoon a conference "Software patents from legal wording to > economic reality" with B. Kahin and Lawrence Lessig will take place in Hotel > Dorint Bd Charlemagne 11-19 Brussels > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly >
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