Re: News

Hey Rasmus, are you okay with this text too? Derick On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, Georg Richter wrote: > Hello, > > as discussed with Derick on IRC, here is the news text about SWP voting > > /Georg > > > <h1>Rasmus and friends ask for your vote against software patents</h1> > <p> > <a > href="http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m/ev50/index.html"><img > > src="http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/banners/ev50_90x40_4_en.jpg"></a> > <p> > In a <a > > href="http://www.ag-ip-news.com/GetArticle.asp?Art_ID=2254ÿÿ=en">press > release</a>, Rasmus Lerdorf, Richard Stallman, Tim O'Reilly, Alan Cox > and > Monty Widenius jointly call for an Internet vote against software > patents. > Until 11 November, the worldwide public can participate in a poll for > the > EU's premier political awards, the "EV50 Europeans of the Year". This is > a > new opportunity to underscore the No Software Patents message in a way > that > politicians, the press and the public would notice. > <p> > The famous five have endorsed a <a > > href="http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m/ev50/vote.html">set > of > voting > recommendations</a> that rewards the opponents of software patents and > penalizes pro-patent politicians. The FFII and NoSoftwarePatents.com > also > offer <a > > href="http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m/ev50/banners.html">banners</a> > and 14 different language versions of an <a > > href="http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m/ev50/notify.html">email > form</a> > to spread the information > -- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl | http://ez.no | http://xdebug.org