Re: [Fsfe-uk] URGENT RFC: Text for UK swpat MP lobbying/slashdotting

[MJ Ray]

On 2003-10-17 16:18:57 +0100 Ramanan Selvaratnam <address@hidden> 
wrote:
> I do not think this is a suitable article to send to any UK mainstream
> MP or MEP.

I agree.  That article is long, vague and meandering.  A good piece 
for list members to read, think about, spot the bugs and find links to 
new projects, but it confuses things.  For example, it seems to 
suggest that some benefits of open collaborative development models 
follow directly from the copyright-only position of open source.

We do have limited time to make our case to MPs on swpat.  Maybe some 
day they'll read this sort of thing, or the article that appeared in 
New Scientist (I think) a while ago, and contemplate it, spotting the 
mistakes, but I suspect it won't get them interested at the start.

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