Re: [Gimp-developer] Proposal for protesting against software patents in Europe

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Hi Raphaël,

my wishes are with You and this protest.

Kai-Uwe Behrmann


Am 26.08.03, 15:07 +0200 schrieb Raphaël Quinet:

> Well, this may be a bit controversial, but I thought about supporting
> the demonstration against software patents in Europe by replacing the
> GIMP home page by the following page:
>   http://www.gimp.org/nopatents.html
> I prepared that page a couple of days ago, but now I see that the
> announcement about the protest has been posted on Slashdot and several
> other sites.  So maybe it is time to put it on the home page, unless
> most people here are against this kind of online protest.  The GIMP
> web site is in the U.S. so this may not be so relevant.  But on the
> other hand, several of the most active GIMP developers are living and
> working in Europe.
>
> Is anybody against that kind of action on the GIMP web site?  If there
> is any strong opposition against it, then there is no need to have a
> long debate: I will simply forget about it.  Otherwise, I would like
> to replace the home page of www.gimp.org later today (let's say in
> three or four hours).
>
> -Raphaël
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