gnu.org
Take Action- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation
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Skip to main text. Sponsored by the Free Software Foundation. The Free Software Foundation has planted the seeds of computer user freedom. For more than three decades. Associate Members are the roots sustaining this work. Join now for $10/month and help freedom thrive. Items on this page for: Activists. For Free Software Activists…. Support current FSF campaigns. Please support the FSF campaigns. Currently including: against DRM. Upgrade from Windows 8. Help fight software patents. These GNU packages are...
thetuliplabs.com
Bio | the tulip labs
http://thetuliplabs.com/bio
I provided a short introduction. On the homepage of this website. This page will give you more information about my background relevant to information technologies. 1997] Graduated from High School. Bac S – Scientific Baccalaureate – Paris. Started Law studies. 2004] Internship at the Office of Zuzana Roithova. At the European Parliament – Brussels. Reporting on the Sofware Patent Directive. 2005] Joined the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure. Cycle Joined AperoNet Media. Paris), IP Summit.
endsoftpatents.org
Software patents coming to EU via unitary patent | End Software Patents
http://endsoftpatents.org/2012/09/eu-unitary-patent
Software patents coming to EU via unitary patent. The unitary patent proposal has been floating about for years, under various names, but it seems to now be getting dangerous. I don’t know all the details of the current situation and I haven’t found a satisfying overview, so I’ll point you to a list of pages and then discuss some general aspects that seem to still be true from when I previously worked on this. UPDATE: There now more info at http:/ endsoftwarepatents.org/unitary-patent. I’ll try to ...
endsoftpatents.org
news | End Software Patents
http://endsoftpatents.org/news
About Microsoft’s patent licence for .NET core. Because Microsoft has made it part of their core business to extract patent royalties from distributors of free software (particularly on smartphones), I decided to take a look at the patent safety offered by the licence of the parts of their .NET framework that they’re releasing as free software:. Continue reading →. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. US Supreme Court reining in software patents. Continue reading →. Is Soverain Software a patent troll?
esp.wikidot.com
EU Unitary Patent - End Software Patents
http://esp.wikidot.com/unitary-patent
What can I do? Please read ESP's call for donations. Wiki (en.swpat.org). News (news.swpat.org). 2008 State of softpatents. A litany of lawsuits. The Patent Reform Act. What practitioners are saying. There is no authority that we know of which permits software per se to be considered statutory [patentable subject matter]. —-Patent Office board of administrative judges, October 2007 ( source PDF. Websites that may be violating a software patent as of January 2007: 155,583,825 ( Netcraft. A much cheaper ap...
endsoftpatents.org
What’s wrong with the EU unitary patent? | End Software Patents
http://endsoftpatents.org/2012/12/unitary-patent
What’s wrong with the EU unitary patent? The European Parliament approving the unitary patent. Patents become a lot cheaper, which means more patents, which means more restrictions and litigation. People can now get one patent that’s valid in 25 countries (the EU minus Spain and Italy), instead of making 25 separate applications involving many translations. If patents were a good thing, then efficiency would be welcome, but in domains such as software, patents are an affliction. I’ll have to read t...
laquadrature.net
Who are we? | La Quadrature du Net
http://www.laquadrature.net/en/who-are-we
La Quadrature du Net. Privacy - Personal Data. Anti-sharing directive - IPRED. What is La Quadrature? In addition to its advocacy work, the group also aims to foster a better understanding of legislative processes among citizens. Through the dissemination of specific and pertinent information and tools, La Quadrature du Net hopes to encourage citizen participation in public debates on rights and freedom in the digital age. The Strategic Directions Council. Benjamin Bayart, president of French Data Network.
