Allow me to be serious for a few minutes as I feel this has to be brought to attention. Few of you lot will give a toss about tech news but this is something you have to know about as it WILL affect you.
Software Patents
When a new technology is created it is often copyrighted. That is no problem, it just means that the same tech can be used with a different name. Patents are different. Imagine Microsoft patenting anit-spyware. Imagine Symantec patenting anti-virus. Those would be the only makes of those systems we could use. Think of Linux. It has been estimated by Linus Torvalds that if software patents existed in Europe (which they do now) he and every other Linux company including Linspire, Red Hat and Mandrake Soft could be sued. The law has been passed but it's not too late to get it thrown out. The 2 sites below will show you how you can help.
www.writetothem.com
Write to your MEP.
www.nosoftwarepatents.com
Join the fight.
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