On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Raphaël Quinet wrote: > Well, this may be a bit controversial, I don't think that there is any disagreement about software patents among the major gimp developers. > 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. I doubt anyone cares where the server is physically located. I'm an USsian, and I care about software patents in europe (as well as the US). > Is anybody against that kind of action on the GIMP web site? No, I'm very much for it. > 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). Before doing that, please correct two nits: 1. Change "well-documented" to "well-researched" or "well-written," depending on what you meant. Well-documented is not idiomatic English. 2. Make the "no ePatents" graphic point at something. Rockwalrus
