www/patent-examp patent-examples.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       09/09/04 13:00:57

Modified files:
        patent-examp   : patent-examples.html 

Log message:
        Report actual harm only.
        It's not mainly for Europe any more.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/patent-examp/patent-examples.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.4&r2=1.5

Patches:
Index: patent-examples.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/patent-examp/patent-examples.html,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -b -r1.4 -r1.5
--- patent-examples.html        21 Feb 2008 17:41:31 -0000      1.4
+++ patent-examples.html        4 Sep 2009 13:00:45 -0000       1.5
@@ -112,15 +112,14 @@
 <blockquote>
 [Please repost this widely wherever appropriate]
 
-<p>We would like to collect information about cases where free software
-has been harmed by software patents-that is, cases where a free
-program has been withdrawn from use or interfered with, or where a
-feature was taken out or never written in the first place, because of
-the danger of a patent.
+<p>We would like to collect information about cases where free
+software has actually been harmed by software patents &mdash; that is,
+cases where a free program has been withdrawn from use or interfered
+with, or where a feature was taken out or never written in the first
+place, because of the danger of a patent.
 
 <p>We hope to use this information to argue against the system of
-software patents, especially in Europe where the question has become
-a live political issue (see &lt;<code>http://www.freepatents.org</code>&gt;).
+software patents.
 
 <p>If you know of such a case, please write to <a 
href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>
 and tell us what happened.
@@ -136,8 +135,10 @@
 developer.  We may write back to you to try to get more details; even
 leads for getting more details may be useful.
 
-<p>Please send your information to <a 
href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a> rather
-than to me personally, so that we can collect the responses efficiency. 
+<p>Please do not report patents which are merely <em>possible</em> threats.
+There are thousands of those.  Please report only cases of actual harm.
+
+<p>Please send your information to <a 
href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>so that we can collect the 
responses efficiency. 
 </blockquote>
 
 <p><hr>