John Madden writes:
> On (14/05/04 20:55), Ciaran O'Riordan didst pronounce:
> > Title: "The Dangers Of Software Patents"
> > Date: Monday the 24th of May
> Any chance you could record or transcribe the speach an put it online
> aswell?
We're gonna try to get it online in audio and video, but it depends on
having equipment, particularly the Q&A afterwards will need some spare
microphones etc. - we'll do our best. I hadn't thought of making a
transcript, maybe.
> > We should also have a bunch of good hand outs
> Again, any chance they could be made available online?
All hand outs will be put online asap. This is something we've been meaning
to do for a while, but haven't made the time.
Some example letters are here:
http://ifso.ie/documents/swpats-council-00.htmlhttp://ifso.ie/documents/swpats-meps-00.htmlhttp://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/fsfe-ie/2004-May/001022.htmlhttp://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/fsfe-ie/2004-May/001029.html
And details for who to send letters to are here:
http://www.fergaldaly.com/patents/pat-contacts.html
In the September vote, MEPs complained about getting too much mail, saying
they were drowning in it - so go for quality not quantity.
We haven't yet found/written a concise explanation of how the legislative
process works, or who has a say in it, but we'll do that this week.
--
Ciarán O'Riordan
http://www.compsoc.com/~coriordan/
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