Editorial: Novell and Microsoft's deal. A Call to Action.
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| # Here is an article by Brian Kahin that provides a good background on
| what he terms the "Software Patent Crisis".
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| # Here is a petition you can sign against software patents.
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| # Here is another to do away with the Digital millennium Copyright Act.
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| # This is Richard Stallman's advice.
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| # The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure has been effective,
| we could use their help here.
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| # Support the Free Software Foundation.
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| # It may sound quaint, but contact your congressman and get your opinion
| in their face. Here are some tips on how to do it.
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| # Contact TrueMajority and MoveOn to enlist their help. They make it
| easy to send letters to your congressman. Can we get them on board?
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| # Get a constructive dialog with Novell going. What patents are
| being protected? Why did they feel the need to circumvent the GPL?
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| # Support RedHat. We don't win if RedHat goes down or gets bought
| by Oracle.
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| # Check out the Open Invetion Network.
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| # Drink !
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http://www.linuxtechdaily.com/2006/11/editorial-novell-and-microsofts-deal-a-call-to-action/
http://tinyurl.com/ydej4t
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