* 193.120.144.172 SwpatBulletPointsWed, 29 Jun 2005 07:00:02 -0000 classifications like "pure software", grammatical tricks like "software as such", and undefined terms like "technical", and "field of technology".
+ Addition by Mel (I think this is the most critical part) + * '''If unsure, don't do something unfixable.'''. This should be VERY prominant. + URL: http://www.ifso.ie/cgi-bin/wiki.cgi/SwpatBulletPoints?action=diff * DavidGolden SoftwarePatents/DraftPressReleaseWed, 29 Jun 2005 07:00:02 -0000 Title caps as per colm
'''DRAFT - NOT FOR RELEASE'''
- = Software Patents Bad for SMEs and Free Software - IFSO = + = SOFTWARE PATENTS BAD FOR SMES AND FREE SOFTWARE - IFSO =
Sheer Cheek from me now - alternate title? -- DavidGolden
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* Not to disagree in the main with Colm here, but AFAIK do worry somewhat about word count if you are pushing onto a wire service, you're charged for all the words, not just the quotes the journos use. Worrying about word count should make for snappier quotes anyhoo :-) -- DavidGolden * I tend to be brutally honest, I really should have mentioned that. -- Colm MacCarthaigh (colm@stdlib.net) * Nowt wrong with that. I suggest people look over something like http://toolkit.prnewswire.com/PRNewswireEurope/writingtips.shtml - * Oh, I left something out. Convention holds that you CAPITALISE THE TITLE of a press-release. Though increasingly this is becoming optional, capitalising the title makes you look like you know what you're at :) -- CMC + * Oh, I left something out. Convention holds that you CAPITALISE THE TITLE of a press-release. Though increasingly this is becoming optional, capitalising the title makes you look like you know what you're at :) -- CMC [Capitalised...] URL: http://www.ifso.ie/cgi-bin/wiki.cgi/SoftwarePatents/DraftPressRelease?action...