[Zope] Softwarepatents: European Parliament will decide in 11 days

[Jan Ulrich Hasecke]

Hi all!

Please excuse this slightly offtopic posting:

In 11 to 13 days the EP will decide about softwarepatents.

So in the next days the members of the EP will make up their minds  
and read the guideline for the first time. Many MEPs do not  
understand what they read. There are 260 requests for modification,  
which they must read and understand too. There are some MEPs which  
will give recommendations to the members of their party, but these  
MEPs are lobbied by the big players, who want to have software  
patents in the EU.

But you can change their minds. The FFII (www.ffii.org) read all  
requests of modification and made a recommendation "How to vote".

Please phone your MEP, try to talk with him, but it is also ok to  
talk to his assistant, and ask him to follow the recommendations of  
the FFII.

You will find more information here:
http://noepatents.eu.org/index.php/NO_Software_Patents

A list of all MEPs sorted by zip code:
http://www.ffii.org/%7Eblasum/tmp/meps.txt

The recommendations:
http://europarl.ffii.org/amendments.en.html

Please act immediately. The MEPs need your help to decide. This is  
not a joke. They do not really understand the issue. Please clarify  
them, how softwarepatents will change the IT-economy in europe. Tell  
them that your business and your employees are in danger when great  
companies sue them.

Spend some hours to save the future of your business!

juh

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