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the powers of greed

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allangen
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the powers of greed

#1 Post by allangen »

Hello all,

The powers of greed are always seeking to limit our freedom of choice, and profit off us if they can. A particularly grave threat exists now that must be addressed. Members of the open source community who live in EU countries, please read and respond:

http://www.videolan.org/patents.html

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David Gypsy
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#2 Post by David Gypsy »

The European Parliament voted against the bill a few weeks ago, that would have allowed the patenting of software, by 648 votes to 14. :D

No more problem... for now.
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