[Aust-NZ] Fwd: [FSF] New Zealand in urgent danger of software patents

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

FYI - from a FSF list...

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Peter Brown <peterb at fsf.org>
> Date: June 16, 2009 2:35:11 PM PDT (CA)
> To: info-fsf at gnu.org
> Subject: [FSF] New Zealand in urgent danger of software patents
>
> The director of the End Software Patents campaign Ciaran O'Riordan
> writes to warn of an imminent threat of software patents in New  
> Zealand:
>
>
> Dear Free Software Supporters,
>
> The New Zealand government has proposed allowing unlimited software
> patenting.  They are accepting comments until July 2nd, but
> participation from the people who will be harmed seems very low.
>
> The details of how to participate can be found on swpat.org:
> http://en.swpat.org/wiki/New_Zealand
>
> Participation of the free software community is particularly important
> because, although SME federations and consumer rights groups are
> sometimes the most influential lobbies against software patents, it's
> often the free software community that raises awareness of the  
> issue and
> gets these other groups moving.  The July 2nd deadline is very  
> close, so
> work is needed now.
>
> We thus urge you to participate in the consultation, but also to raise
> awareness on blogs, news sites, and among email groups, and to contact
> related interest organisations and companies to ask them to get  
> involved
> too.
>
> Some other swpat.org pages that may be useful:
>
> http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Organising_a_campaign
> http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Software_patents_harm_SMEs
> http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Studies_on_economics_and_innovation
> http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Harm_to_standards
>
> Ciaran O'Riordan
> Director End Software Patents
> Tel: +32 487 64 17 54 email: ciaran [at] fsf.org
>
> end.
>
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> Peter T. Brown
> Executive Director
> Free Software Foundation
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Tyler Mitchell
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