EUa: EUROLINUX Alliance News Neu: Nyheder 2Wa: 20000 underskrifter crr: %{EL} tillykke %{BT} Nte: Inge E-patenter TWr: Skjult dagsorden Tfn: DG XV Mødereferat Kzt: Om Ato: Tiltag Snr: Sponsorer Mge: Medlemmer Kna: Kontakt SsW: See also the %(pr:press release collection) of the %{PET} Ist: IBM Linux guru speaks out about patent dangers IWw: In an %(iv:interview) from 2002/02, a leading developper working for IBM explained some aspects of IBM's patent policy and its conflict with the policy of supporting GNU/Linux. ESp: CEC adopts BSA directive proposal 2aa: 20000 citiziens and 300 companies sign the petition for a software patent free Europe 2te: 20,000 citizens and 300 corporate executives have signed the EuroLinux Petition for a Software Patent Free Europe after one month. Even in multinational companies, whose patent department had been lobbying for an extension of the patent system to software, large numbers of employees support viewpoint, that these attempts are damaging to innovation and competition and represent an abuse of law. EWp: Eurolinux Petition for a Software Patent Free Europe Tra: The Eurolinux Alliance of European software companies and OpenSource associations has launched a campaign to warn European legislators against the dangers of software patents. This campaign is a response of IT associations and software companies to recent %(hs:hardline proprietarist speeches from the European Commission's Directorate for the Internal Market), which indicated that the Directorate will issue a directive to extend the patent system to software and intellectual methods, completely ignoring the concerns raised by leading software companies and developpers, and refusing even to study the economic effects of software patenting. %(pk:Previous campaigns) to this subject had quickly assembled approximately 10000 signatures from software developpers. The current campaign will go further. Based on clear demands and thourough documentation, the Eurolinux Alliance will submit its petition to the European parlament and use advanced (not yet patentable) e-techniques to let volunteers participate in lobbying the key decisionmakers. EeW: EuroLinux delegation meets EU legislators Aef: A delegation of 8 representatives from the sponsors of EuroLinux and its member organisations met the patent legislators of the EU Commission's DG XV in Bruxelles to explain why current EU plans on software patentability are dangerous, and to propose a solution that could be acceptable to all parties. FiL: Forening af fransktalende brugere af Linux og fri software Txo: The delegation was headed by %{JPS}. Travel expenses were paid by the %(fs:sponsors) of the %(fg:FFII software patent working group), most of whom also sent representatives with %(lt:letters from their CEOs), in order to express their deep concern about the expected results of the EU plans. Fsc: First %(EJ) FEW: French Embassy in Japan EnW: Europa Japan konference om Linux og fri software TrO: The %{ORGS} are organising in Tokyo next week on 24/6 and 25/6 the %{EJ}. There will be %(pr:numerous presentations) of famous GNU/Linux distributions as well as software such as %{LST}. French Officials are going to introduce the use of Linux and Free Software in the French Administration. Dei: During the conference, it is very likely that worlwide annoucements of new open source software and free software will happen in the field of ecommerce and corporate application development. 1es: 10 European Industry Leaders have raised concerns about the ongoing legal process to update the European Patent Law in order to extend the range of application of software patents. According to pioneers of the software industry, the use of patents to protect software may actually lead to less innovation, less competition and eventually job cuts in the European Software Industry instead of generating new businesses and stimulating innovation as it is often believed. In order to promote innovation, competition and new businesses in the IT industry, Europe should be very careful with the application of software patents. Tki: The EuroLinux Alliance is an ongoing initiative to create a European lobbying group which main task will be to protect and promote commercial and moral interests of independent sofware developers in Europe with commercial or non-profit activity related to Linux, Free Software or Open Standards. vnc: af %1 # Local Variables: ; # coding: utf-8 ; # srcfile: /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/phm/mlht/eulux.el ; # mailto: mlhtimport@a2e.de ; # passwd: XXXX ; # feature: euluxdir ; # dok: euluxnews ; # txtlang: da ; # End: ;