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Hello List,
sorry for the delay in working on the leaflet about software patents. We had a really high workload the last 4 weeks, combined with a high rate of illness among the members of our team. Therefore, I was not able to work on this issue.
So, let's start again: Our leaflet about software patents that we use at the booth, is really outdated and should be updated. Please help me to update our leaflet. I opened an Etherpad where I inserted the text of the actual leaflet and some additional text from my side: http://policy.etherpad.fsfe.org/7 PW: SWPAT2012
I think, the length that the text on the etherpad has now is approximately the text length we can use on the leaflet. So, when you add some text then try to delete some text elsewhere, if possible : )
Thank you very much for you participation and ideas,
best regards, Erik
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I've rewritten some parts and added notes to other parts. There's a lot of work to do.
I'll try to come back and do some more in a day or two.
(I'm otherwise busy with a Brazilian swpat consultation by the patent office. If anyone has Brazilian connections, please take a look at the links here: http://news.swpat.org/2012/03/brazilian-swpat-consultation/ )
I've made more changes. It's probably almost ready now.
http://policy.etherpad.fsfe.org/7 PW: SWPAT2012
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Hi Ciaran,
thank you very much for your work on this leaflet. I did some changes, too. besides proofreading I changed the structure a bit and filled in two or three more sentences. Please have a look. Ah: Before doing, I saved a revision from your last changes.
anybody else is of course welcome to help us in elaborating a new software patent leaflet.
Best regards, Erik
On 04/09/2012 01:27 PM, Ciarán O'Riordan wrote:
I've made more changes. It's probably almost ready now.
http://policy.etherpad.fsfe.org/7 PW: SWPAT2012
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Dear all,
still we should take care of the leaflet about our work concerning software patents, which will be available at our booths.
The text is on the Etherpad and is awaiting your proofreading. Having good and actual leaflets about our work helps a lot to inform people and to start conversations at the booth. So, please take your time to help proofreading.
The text is available here: http://policy.etherpad.fsfe.org/7; PW: SWPAT2012
The next booth will be at Berliner LinuxTag, next week from Wednesday to Saturday.
thank you very much, erik
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Hi All,
I have just done some grammar tidy up on a few lines.
Made a suggestion in the comments too.
Craig (ce)
On 16 May 2012 15:45, Erik Albers eal@fsfe.org wrote:
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Dear all,
still we should take care of the leaflet about our work concerning software patents, which will be available at our booths.
The text is on the Etherpad and is awaiting your proofreading. Having good and actual leaflets about our work helps a lot to inform people and to start conversations at the booth. So, please take your time to help proofreading.
The text is available here: http://policy.etherpad.fsfe.org/7; PW: SWPAT2012
The next booth will be at Berliner LinuxTag, next week from Wednesday to Saturday.
thank you very much, erik
Erik Albers [ ] Free Software Foundation Europe [ ][ ][ ] Policy Team [ ] Your donation powers our work! [http://fsfe.org/donate/]
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Le mercredi 16 mai 2012 à 16:45 +0200, Erik Albers a écrit :
The text is available here: http://policy.etherpad.fsfe.org/7; PW: SWPAT2012
Ciaran and I have given 2 proposals for the introduction and I also brought various substantial changes to the document with comments that need your attention.
Best,
I can't do any more on this. Exams coming up.
Whichever intro is used, it should explain how swpats are bad for:
1. Free software - important for users 2. Software freedom - important for developers
1. Free software is harmed because swpats give an advantage to companies with money and lawyers. This category is the least likely to spontaneously give freedom to users of their software. Spontaneous offers of freedom (and pressure on large companies to also give freedom) comes from individuals, academics, hobbyists, and (to a lesser extent) SMEs. Anything that helps big companies and harms small developers, will reduce the amount of free software in the world.
2. Software freedom is damaged because it becomes illegal to develop or distribute certain types of programs.
For FSFE both are important, but users might only see the value of #1, and developers might only see the value of #2, so both should be explained.
The harms of software patents can also be explained with two other categories: 1. They add financial and legal risks to *all* software development. 2. They specifically block the development of useful software because (a) they block standards and (b) when a software package gains a lot of users, *then* it becomes a target for either patent trolls wanting money or big software companies wanting to kill competition.
I think it's also important to ignore innovation. FSFE has no mandate to promote innovation. If some reliable studies proved that swpats help innovation, or if politicians were convinced that this was true, then FSFE saying "Promoting innovation is important" wouldn't be helpful. We can leave that work to researchers. FSFE's role is to say "They also hurt free software and software freedom, and these are important!".
Some people will see freedom as a tradeable value. (Do I want more freedom if it will ruin the economy?) To reassure those people, a *minor* mention of not hurting innovation/SMEs/economy/other-stuff is worthwhile.
Last comments:
* Avoid words like "oligopolistic" - not everyone knows what exactly they are and how they affect software freedom / free software
* Words like "market" are difficult to use right. The software *market* is just an incidental aspect of what FSFE cares about.
Hope that helps. This groundhog is now going into hibernation...
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On 05/16/2012 11:58 PM, Hugo Roy wrote:
Le mercredi 16 mai 2012 à 16:45 +0200, Erik Albers a écrit :
The text is available here: http://policy.etherpad.fsfe.org/7; PW: SWPAT2012
Ciaran and I have given 2 proposals for the introduction and I also brought various substantial changes to the document with comments that need your attention.
I did some changes again, thanks for your good work! Please have a look at the actual version. I created a third option for the introduction. The text reads like:
"Software patents, thus, are a real threat to users freedom, innovation and the whole Free Software community." This is a simple sentence, addressing the most important topics and therefore (hopefully) attracts readers. There is no need to come up with detailed arguments or information in the introduction. The introduction should be a short, attractive message to get readers to go on reading. Now it reads like:
"FSFE is working toward a world where software does what users want it to do. Software patents, however, create legal and financial risks that block most people from being able to safely participate in software development and distribution. Software patents, thus, are a real threat to users freedom, innovation and the whole Free Software community."
Then, in the following passages we come up with detailed information and arguments. Hence, there is no need wo include them in the introduction. What do you think?
Cheers, Erik
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