Software Patents - Net Strike 2004-04-14

[Solar]

You'd stand a better chance asking that over at ffii.org...

Update: pictures from the demo

Update 2: Heise.de, probably the most-frequently read German IT newssite, reports about ~800 demonstrants in Brussels (which is almost double the number of last year).

[DennisCGc]

reports about ~800 demonstrants in Brussels (which is almost double the number of last year).

Last year ? What do you mean ? ::)

And were you there ? ::)

[Solar]

Last year ? What do you mean ?

You might learn a lot by visiting http://www.ffii.org and reading some of the stuff posted there... ::)

This is not the first time SW patents are pushed in the EU, and not the first time the FFII organized a demonstration against them. The last such demonstration saw 400 participants in the streets of Brussels. (As could be read at http://demo.ffii.org...)

And were you there ?

No, I have to admit. I do not believe so much in being present at demonstrations, at least not ones on such a "small" scale. To raise the scale, it's much more important to spread the word (like I'm doing here), and I'm a bit better at words than at attendance.

Besides, if the FFII has one weakness, it's that it is easy to miss their "calls to arms" unless you visit their website regulary - and I'm bad at checking websites, with a total of four (!) websites I visit daily, and another two I visit regulary...

[DennisCGc]

This is not the first time SW patents are pushed in the EU, and not the first time the FFII organized a demonstration against them. The last such demonstration saw 400 participants in the streets of Brussels.

Ah, I see ::)

I do not believe so much in being present at demonstrations

You believe what you believe, but I believe it does something and no, I wasn't that either, as earlier explained.

and I'm a bit better at words than at attendance

Me too, only on forums then

[kataklinger]

I do not believe so much in being present at demonstrations

Well think about Belgrade 9.3.1991, winter '96-'97 ('BEOGRAD JE SVET'), Serbia oct. 2000. and other demonstrations.

[Solar]

The official debriefing is at http://kwiki.ffii.org/Bxl44DebriefEn.