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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/guardian-article.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/guardian-article.html index d606138..6e91c86 100644 --- a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/guardian-article.html +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/guardian-article.html @@ -1,23 +1,31 @@ <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> -<!-- Parent-Version: 1.77 --> -<title>Guardian Article on Software Patents +<!-- 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>Opposing The European Software Patent Directive - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/guardian-article.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!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE--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>Opposing The European Software Patent Directive</h2> -<p>by <a href="http://www.stallman.org/"><strong>Richard -Stallman</strong></a> and <strong>Nick Hill</strong></p> +<address class="byline">by <a href="https://www.stallman.org/">Richard +Stallman</a> and Nick Hill</address> -<blockquote> -<p> +<div class="infobox"> +<p><em> The European Union software patent directive, which this 2003 article opposed, was ultimately dropped by its own supporters after facing lots of opposition. However, they later found another way to impose software patents on most of Europe: through fine print in the <a href="/philosophy/europes-unitary-patent.html">unitary -patent</a>.</p> -</blockquote> +patent</a>.</em></p> +</div> +<hr class="thin" /> <p> The computer industry is threatened by a Wild West-style land grab. The @@ -55,8 +63,8 @@ patented in multiple ways.</p> The US, which has had software patents since the 1980s, shows what this can do to development of everyday software. For example, in the US there are 39 monopoly claims over a standard way of showing video using software -techniques (the <abbr title="Moving Picture Experts Group">MPEG</abbr> -2 format).</p> +techniques (the <abbr title="Moving Picture Experts Group">MPEG</abbr> 2 +format).</p> <p> Since a single piece of software can embody thousands of ideas together, @@ -111,7 +119,7 @@ suspect are designed to open the door for software patents.</p> <p> The text says that computer-related patents must make a “technical contribution”; the commission says that means -“no software patents”. But “technical” can be +“no software patents.” But “technical” can be interpreted in many ways. The European patent office is already registering software patents of dubious legal validity, defying the treaty that governs it and the governments that established it. @@ -135,12 +143,14 @@ future will not be hijacked by the interests of a few rich organisations.</p> <p> Please go -to <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20031216123801/http://www.softwarepatents.co.uk">http://www.softwarepatents.co.uk [Archived Page]</a> to learn more, and then talk with the <abbr>MEP</abbr>s from +to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20031216123801/http://www.softwarepatents.co.uk"> +softwarepatents.co.uk [Archived Page]</a> to learn more, and then talk with the MEPs from your region.</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 @@ -158,19 +168,19 @@ to <a 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 +README</a> for information on coordinating and contributing translations of this article.</p> </div> <!-- 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 3.0 US. Please do NOT change or remove this + be under CC BY-ND 4.0. Please do NOT change or remove this without talking with the webmasters or licensing team first. Please make sure the copyright date is consistent with the document. For web pages, it is ok to list just the latest year the @@ -185,20 +195,20 @@ of this article.</p> There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. --> -<p>Copyright © 2003 Richard M Stallman and Nicholas R Hill</p> +<p>Copyright © 2003, 2013, 2021 Richard M. Stallman and Nicholas R. Hill</p> <p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license" -href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/">Creative -Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License</a>.</p> +href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative +Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p> <!--#include virtual="/server/bottom-notes.html" --> <p class="unprintable">Updated: <!-- timestamp start --> -$Date: 2014/04/12 12:40:10 $ +$Date: 2021/09/16 16:56:20 $ <!-- timestamp end --> </p> </div> -</div> +</div><!-- for class="inner", starts in the banner include --> </body> </html> |