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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/fighting-software-patents.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/fighting-software-patents.html index d4c977f..af7851f 100644 --- a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/fighting-software-patents.html +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/fighting-software-patents.html @@ -1,12 +1,19 @@ <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> -<!-- Parent-Version: 1.77 --> +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.96 --> +<!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html --> +<!--#set var="TAGS" value="essays laws patents" --> +<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" --> <title>Fighting Software Patents - Singly and Together - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/fighting-software-patents.translist" --> <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> +<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/ph-breadcrumb.html" --> +<!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE--> +<!--#include virtual="/server/top-addendum.html" --> +<div class="article reduced-width"> <h2>Fighting Software Patents - Singly and Together</h2> -<p>by Richard Stallman</p> +<address class="byline">by Richard Stallman</address> <p> Software patents are the software project equivalent of land mines: @@ -27,8 +34,9 @@ usually be threatened by one patent at a time. When this happens, you may be able to escape unscathed if you find legal grounds to overturn the patent. You may as well try it; if you succeed, that will mean one less mine in the mine field. If this patent is particularly -threatening to the public, the <a href="http://www.pubpat.org">Public -Patent Foundation (pubpat.org)</a> may take up the case; that is its +threatening to the public, the <a +href="https://wiki.endsoftwarepatents.org/wiki/Public_Patent_Foundation"> +Public Patent Foundation</a> may take up the case; that is its specialty. If you ask for the computer-using community's help in searching for prior publication of the same idea, to use as evidence to overturn a patent, we should all respond with whatever useful @@ -47,7 +55,7 @@ Some of these mines are impossible to clear. Every software patent is harmful, and every software patent unjustly restricts how you use your computer, but not every software patent is legally invalid according to the patent system's criteria. The software patents we can overturn -are those that result from “mistakes”, where the patent +are those that result from “mistakes,” where the patent system's rules were not properly carried out. There is nothing we can do when the only relevant mistake was the policy of allowing software patents.</p> @@ -77,12 +85,14 @@ this has already reversed its vote. We must all do our utmost right now to convince an additional European country to change its vote, and to convince the newly elected members of the European Parliament to stand behind the previous vote. Please refer -to <a href="http://www.ffii.org/"> www.ffii.org</a> for more +to <a href="https://ffii.org/">ffii.org</a> for more information on how to help, and to get in touch with other activists.</p> +</div> + </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above --> <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" --> -<div id="footer"> +<div id="footer" role="contentinfo"> <div class="unprintable"> <p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to <a @@ -100,29 +110,46 @@ href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org"><webmasters@gnu.org></a>.</p> to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org"> <web-translators@gnu.org></a>.</p> - <p>For information on coordinating and submitting translations of + <p>For information on coordinating and contributing translations of our web pages, see <a href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations README</a>. --> Please see the <a href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations README</a> for -information on coordinating and submitting translations of this article.</p> +information on coordinating and contributing translations of this article.</p> </div> -<p>Copyright © 2004 Richard Stallman</p> +<!-- Regarding copyright, in general, standalone pages (as opposed to + files generated as part of manuals) on the GNU web server should + be under CC BY-ND 4.0. 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