Re: [Fsfe-uk] Software patent - any action?

[Chris Lale]

MJ Ray wrote:
> Chris Lale <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Does anyone know what is happening between now and March 2003? Any
>> suggestions for what to do next? The only thing I could find on the
>> Web was the petition, but this seems to be out-of-date now.
>
>
> I'd like suggestions for more things, too, as well as some "I have x
> time I can donate, what is best to do?" questions.  Software patents
> are a mind-bogglingly nasty problem for many things and it makes my
> head spin.
>
There seems to be a two month pause. I think that now would be the time
to lobby the politicians so that they are fully sensitised to the issue 
before Arlene McCarthy's report is released. Perhaps a campaign could be 
launched through the LUGs?

Cheers,

Chris.

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