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From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
www/patent-examp patent-examples.html |
Date: |
Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:00:57 +0000 |
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-program has been withdrawn from use or interfered with, or where a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 — 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+cases where a free program has been withdrawn from use or interfered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 <<code>http://www.freepatents.org</code>>).
+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>
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