From kde-core-devel Mon Aug 25 18:55:59 2003 From: Alexander Neundorf Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 18:55:59 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: Software patent protest, could kde participate ? X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=106183803912136 On Monday 25 August 2003 00:19, Germain Garand wrote: > Le Samedi 23 Août 2003 13:41, Christophe Devriese a écrit : > > I don't think we can afford to let this happen. If software patents are > > approved, and someone attacks kde, kde will have no means of defending > > itself (successful defense against a patent lawsuit means getting the > > patent invalidated, estimated legal cost : 500.000 euro (because they > > will appeal right up to the superior court) per patent. > > I fully agree with Christophe. > It would be great to have KDE support the on-line demonstration > on 27 th, or at least issue an official statement about Software Patents. > > This is beyond mere politics and involves the very future of the KDE > project. Isn't that worth some kind of concern? I very much agree. So, who has permissions in the cvs to do it ? Bye Alex -- Work: alexander.neundorf@jenoptik.com - http://www.jenoptik-los.de Home: neundorf@kde.org - http://www.kde.org alex@neundorf.net - http://www.neundorf.net