From kde-core-devel  Wed Aug 27 01:38:42 2003
From: Frerich Raabe <raabe () kde ! org>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 01:38:42 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Software patent protest, could kde participate ?
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Am Wednesday 27 August 2003 03:26 schrieb Navindra Umanee:
> Rob Kaper <cap@capsi.com> wrote:
> > I'm sorry but this was just rushed into and form a PR perspective thowing
> > down websites is a bad idea, generally.

From a PR perspective, making people aware of KDE's position towards this 
issue is a Good Thing, not only because KDE is affected by the decisions made 
upon this patent-right proposal.

> It's quite unlikely to accomplish anything though.

If just one percent of the visitors of www.gnome.org, kde.org, kde.de and the 
other sites becomes aware of the issues tied to logic patents, then it was 
worthwhile.

In my opinion, the advantages (making people aware of this problem, and 
pointing out what the majority of KDE contributors thinks about it) outweight 
the disadvantages (one single day during which it takes you one additional 
click to get to the usual www.kde.org content).


- Frerich