On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 05:56:45AM +0200, Olivier Chapuis wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 10:29:57AM +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 08:31:30AM +0200, Uwe Pross wrote:
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > On 20 Aug 2003 at 20:10:36 +0200, Felix E. Klee wrote:
> > >
> > > > Is there any chance that the FVWM project participates in
> > > > this event? Note that the FVWM web site doesn't need to
> > > > be closed down completely. On
> > > > http://swpat.ffii.org/gruppe/demo/index.de.html there are
> > > > several examples on how it's possible to show ones
> > > > concerns without taking such drastic measures, but there's
> > > > no need to stick to the examples.
> > > >
> > > > Just as a quick reminder: Many trivial things are already
> > > > patented in the US such as tabbed palettes
> > > > (http://swpat.ffii.org/patente/
> > > > wirkungen/palette/index.en.html) which e.g. FVWMTabs is
> > > > infringing upon. I for one don't want to have the same
> > > > situation in Europe and fear that it will ultimately kill
> > > > the competitiveness of Free Software. So this protest is
> > > > likely to be our last chance to somewhat influence the
> > > > decision making process.
> >
> > I fully support this and would like to see the name "fvwm" being
> > used in a good cause.
> >
> > > If nobody minds I could make the web site to be closed
> > > completly (all pages will not work even direct links like
> > > www.fvwm.org/documentation/manpages), closed partialy (only
> > > the entry site will not work) or I could place a statement
> > > about software patents on each page for that day.
> >
> > I'm for closing down the site completely (with a statement, of
> > course).
> >
>
> I am agree.
>
Ooops, I am agree to close partially the site as
http://www.fvwm.org?aswp=1
is done now. How about activating it now?
Regards, Olivier
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Received on Sat Aug 23 2003 - 00:41:50 BST