Form for demonstrating opposition to software patents

[Alex Macfie <alex@cgce.net>]

As you know, the plenary debate in the European Parliament on whether 
Software Patents are to be permitted in the EU is likely to take place 
starting on the 30th of June, giving us just a few days to demonstrate the 
strength of feeling over the damage that could be done to innovation and 
competition in the European software industry if software patents are 
permitted.

The form at http://freenetproject.org/eusp/index.php, designed by Ian 
Clarke of FreenetProject http://www.freenetproject.org/, presents small to 
medium sized software development firms with an opportunity to express 
their concern over this issue. This will be distributed to MEPs to make 
them aware of how SMEs feel about the issue.

"Ian Clarke" <ian@freenetproject.org>
James Heald <j.heald@ucl.ac.uk>,
Alex Hudson <home@alexhudson.com>,
Nick Hill <nick@nickhill.co.uk>,
Richard Clark <richard@elysium.demon.co.uk>,
Alex Macfie <alex@cgce.net>

Alex Macfie                                     www.cgce.net   alex@cgce.net
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     "The exclusive right to invention [is] given not of natural right,
            but for the benefit of society." -- Thomas Jefferson