[Patents] Re: [Patents] AGAINST PATENTS - from Critto from Poland

[Bernard Lang Bernard.Lang@inria.fr]

a "No software patents" campaign is a good idea.

Someone is good at creating buttons banners and the like ?

may-be have a competition for the best "NO software patents" buttons and
banners.

Or even T-=shirts (though it is less effective).



On Mon, Dec 13, 1999 at 05:25:15PM +0100, Krzysztof Sobolewski wrote:
> 
>   To gain public awareness about arising problems with patent
> system, I PROPOSE THE CAMPAIGN - similiar to "BLUE RIBBON CAMPAIGN",
> that you've must hear or read about (it's homepage is
> www.eff.org/blueribbon.html) - the CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH THE PATENTS
> IN SOFTWARE AND IT (and, as a long-run aim, to abolish patent system 
> as whole as I've written before). WE MUST RAISE THE PUBLIC AWARENESS; 
> we must treat that problem as seriously, as grave it is - it is very 
> grave. WE, INFORmaticians, ITs, programmers, network admins, internet 
> providers, and, more and more software companies, which existence is 
> threatend to death by software patents, should ORGANIZE AGAINST PATENT
> SYSTEM. Working some time in Public Relations (PR) I know the rules 
> how to TALK TO BE LISTENED, how to GIVE IDEAS THAT CAN'T BE TURNED 
> DOWN - and the SPEECHES, WHICH MAKE ANYBODY HEARING TO AWARE; 
>   And have some proposals - knowing that patent numbers are
> beginning on "#", i have some:
>     #STOP_PATENT_MADNESS
>     #NO_MORE_SOFTWARE_PATENTS
>     #CEASE_THAT_PATENT_STUPIDITY
> 
>  What do you think of creating banners with those slogans, and
> to put them on www pages ? We could even 'take' some ribbon for
> anti-IT patent campaign... Having licenses, we could protest
> against IT-patents using patented software - it is similiar to
> protesting against Microsoft's monopoly using the Microsoft
> Word(R) or some other Microsoft's software - and giving information
> about that.
> 

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