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

[Bruce Bannerman]

 Thanks Tyler,

Brent,

Do you know of any activities in your part of the world?

Is this something that could be done under the OSGeo-AustNZ banner?


Bruce



> -----Original Message-----
> From: aust-nz-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:aust-nz-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Tyler Mitchell
> Sent: Wednesday, 17 June 2009 1:37 PM
> To: Aust-NZ OSGeo
> Subject: [Aust-NZ] Fwd: [FSF] New Zealand in urgent danger of
> software patents
>
> 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.
> >
> > --
> > Peter T. Brown
> > Executive Director
> > Free Software Foundation
> > www.fsf.org www.gnu.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > info-fsf at gnu.org
> > Unsubscribe: http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-fsf
>
> Tyler Mitchell
> Executive Director
> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
> tmitchell at osgeo.org
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> M: +1-250-303-1831
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