www/philosophy software-literary-patents.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       07/08/25 20:06:50

Modified files:
        philosophy     : software-literary-patents.html 

Log message:
        Add note about date of publication.  Add xref to not-ipr.html.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/software-literary-patents.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.11&r2=1.12

Patches:
Index: software-literary-patents.html
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--- software-literary-patents.html      26 Jun 2007 21:15:00 -0000      1.11
+++ software-literary-patents.html      25 Aug 2007 20:06:45 -0000      1.12
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@
 <p>by <strong><a href="http://stallman.org/";>Richard Stallman</a></strong></p>
 
 <p>
+<em>This article was first published in <cite>The Guardian</cite>, of
+London, on June 20, 2005.  The software patent directive was voted
+down, on July 6, because its supporters decided at the last minute not
+to try their strength.  They will surely try again, in not quite the
+same way.</em></p>
+
+<p>
 On July 6, 2005, the European Parliament will vote on the vital
 question of whether to allow patents covering software&mdash;a policy
 that would restrict every computer user, and tie software developers
@@ -29,7 +36,9 @@
 then Minister for Industry, how France would vote on the issue of
 software patents, Devedjian responded with an impassioned defense of
 copyright law, praising Victor Hugo for his role in the adoption of
-copyright.
+copyright.  (The misleading term <a href="not-ipr.html">
+&ldquo;intellectual property&rdquo;</a>, promotes this
+confusion&mdash;one reason it should never be used.)
 </p>
 
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@@ -276,7 +285,7 @@
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 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2007/06/26 21:15:00 $
+$Date: 2007/08/25 20:06:45 $
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