[Greeklug] [petition στο eurolinux.org: Petition to stop software patents in Europe]

[Nikolaos Papazoglou]

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πρόσθεσα το banner στον πιο πολυσύχναστο ιστότοπό μου το
www.nicethings.gr(πάνω από 100.000 hits/μήνα).
Βάλτε το banner και στο Greeklug.



2010/1/11 Serafeim Zanikolas <serzan στο hellug.gr>

> [with apologies for the ridiculous cross-posting]
>
> Δεν ασχολούμαι ενεργά πλέον με οτιδήποτε αντί- αλλά ντράπηκα όταν ένας
> τυπάς
> του ffii μου έγραψε:
>
> BTW I wonder why there are so few signatories from Ελλάδα
> See http://petition.stopsoftwarepatents.eu/stats/
> How can we improve it?
>
> Βάλτε όλοι από ένα χεράκι παρακαλώ ...
>
> [για όσους υπέγραψαν κ παλιότερα: πρόκειται για νέα συλλογή υπογραφών]
>
> -S
>
> ----- Forwarded message from Eurolinux Group <petition στο eurolinux.org>
> -----
>
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:16:05 +0100
> From: Eurolinux Group <petition στο eurolinux.org>
> To: serzan στο it.teithe.gr
> Subject: Petition to stop software patents in Europe
>
>
> Dear Eurolinux supporter, Serafeim Zanikolas
>
> the Eurolinux petition for software patent-free Europe with more than
> 400 000 supporters expired. We ask you to sign a new petition:
>
>        http://petition.stopsoftwarepatents.eu
>
> Eurolinux endorses Stopsoftwarepatents.eu because soft patents are still
> land mines for software development and stifle innovators. Under the EU
> Lisbon treaty a new instrument is set into force, the European Citizens'
> Initiative. The EU-Commission is now obliged to present a legislative
> proposal when a critical mass of citizens demands it. We want to rebuild
> our platform to get a new directive which bans software patenting once
> and for all.
>
>
> .... Soft Patenting Bubble ....
>
> After Parliament rejected Bolkestein's
> Software Patent Directive, EU-Commissioner McCreevy refused to propose a
> new one to ban soft patenting. Instead, he deregulated financial
> markets. The European Patent Office ignored Parliament's demands, and
> continued to consolidate its soft patent granting business. Today we
> face an unprecedented patent bubble of poisonous software and business
> methods patents. Most patents are stockpiled for strategic purposes.
> These poisonous assets generate no measurable benefits or insignificant
> licensing revenue for their holders. Large industry is aware of a patent
> inflation crisis but it seems too hard to march to the beat of a
> different drum.
>
>
> .... Sustaining the Patent Bubble ....
>
> Patent officials cover up that for patent holders soft patent assets are
> of limited commercial value. They are well informed that patent law is
> strictly territorial but nevertheless put the Chinese down as scape
> goats: 'yellow perils' are said to 'steal' and 'undermine' our
> 'intellectual property'. Patent officials sacrifice good governance,
> democratic principles, and digital liberties to sustain a profitable
> patent bubble. With these smoke screens patent officials want to get
> their own European court for patent enforcement and validation of
> software patents.
>
> By design the projected court would strengthen the European Patent
> Office to grant even softer patents and keep patenting away from the
> European Court of Justice and our legislators, and empower a selected
> group of presupposed 'technical experts'. Other distractions include
> customs measures, stronger civil and criminal sanctions against patent
> infringements, policy laundry as the Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement
> (ACTA), trade pressure for software patenting in emerging states like
> India and Mexico.
>
>
> .... New Commission has to take action ....
>
> Early next year new EU-Commissioners enter office. They will tackle the
> fallout of the financial crisis and the upcoming patent bubble burst.
> They can break with past ideology and overcome the patent crisis with
> small reform steps but more likely they would continue to support
> sinophobia, enforcement distraction, software patents validation and
> patent office autocracy. The later the patent bubble bursts the harder
> the landing. At this stage Europe's sustainable Linux ecosystem and
> small & medium sized software manufacturers suffer from non-practicing
> raiders ("patent trolls") and uninsurable risks.
>
>
> ... Platform building for Digital Change ....
>
> Digital rights associations walk the corridors in Brussels and
> Strasbourg for a better digital environment. Eurolinux recommends to
> support their activities: your attention and support, your financial
> contributions or membership is helpful.
>
> -  APRIL, AEL and ASL let European Parliament candidates sign up to a
>   Free Software Pact http://freesoftwarepact.eu/
> -  FFII, ASOLIF, IPJustice and others made significant contributions to
>   procedures like
>    o Brimelow referral G03/08 (software patenting administrative case
>      law at the European Patent Office) http://www.ffii.org/EPOReferral
>    o Bilski case at the US Supreme Court (business and software
>      methods) http://www.ffii.org/bilski
> - FFII Germany
>    o opposed the "Gift ordering patent" at the EPO and revealed a
>      procedural failure http://www.ffii.de/wiki/PmAmazonOneClick091111De
>    o renewed their gallery of outrageous ecommerce patent examples at
>      http://webshop.ffii.org
> - Quadrature du Net pressured for 'net neutrality' in Europe's Telecom
>  Package http://www.laquadrature.net/
> - Hispalinux and others shape a Spainish lead role in open standards and
>  Linux in Europe http://hispalinux.es/
> - EDRI continues to defend European digital rights http://www.edri.org
> - UK Open Rights Group promoted overdue copyright reforms
>  http://www.openrightsgroup.org/
> - AFUL defends the free development model in France http://www.aful.org
>
>
> .... Eurolinux ....
>
> Eurolinux advocates policies which lead to European Digital
> Independence: Full-scale Linux migration, market order &
> interoperability enforcement, mandatory open standards, abolition of
> software patenting, and sustainable public investments in Linux
> development for the preservation of our digital liberties. Software from
> the public sector ought to be licensed as free and open source software
> (FLOSS) to promote job creation, skills development and re-use in
> Europe. Eurolinux aims to overcome strategic dependencies of our
> critical information infrastructure which put Europeans at risk.
>
>
> Thankfully,
> --
> Eurolinux Group
> http://eurolinux.org
>
>
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