On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 09:57:18PM +0200, Uwe Pross wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> On 29 Aug 2003 at 17:21:26 +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote:
>
> > To sum it up in English: partially due to the protests,
> > the acclamation in the EU parliament has been deferred
> > until end of September or later.
>
> Felix E. Klee wrote:
>
> > BTW, we haven't made up our mind yet, whether we should
> > encourage web sites to continue protesting until the end
> > of September, or not.
>
> I am for continuation protesting since the matter is quite
> serious. The last court decision about a sw patent of Eolas
> which claims m$ has used its technique for embedded links is
> a very good example (even if I think m$ can afford to lose
> some lawsuits). Even the w3c is concerned about this
> decision since it may effect all plugin techniques. Maybe
> this decision will help to avoid sw patents in europe.
>
> I suggest to put a statement on top of each page which shows
> our protest against sw patents. But I could go with the
> current protest page as well.
>
> Any other thoughts/opinions?
I'm for continuing to protest. One mere week was too short
anyway.
Bye
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Received on Mon Sep 01 2003 - 03:19:00 BST