petition against software patents

[Jaroslav Hajek]

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Francesco Potortì <Potorti at isti.cnr.it> wrote:
> Especially given the recent discussions about alternatives to Octave, I
> think that the following should be of interest to members of this list.
> It is an excerpt from the FFII newsletter regarding software patents and
> the endless extension of copyright duration.
>
> Specifically, the first news calls for signing a petition which I invite
> you to sign.  The web site also contains documentation and examples on
> why software patents are bad.
>

Blimey, I had no idea ACTA and European patents were amongst the Czech
presidency priorities!
What a shame. I'm signing right away.

cheers

-- 
RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek
computing expert
Aeronautical Research and Test Institute (VZLU)
Prague, Czech Republic
url: www.highegg.matfyz.cz