Richard Stallman talk on Software Patents

[Richard Clayton]

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As the special guest of the Foundation for Information Policy Research:

Richard Stallman
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    Founder of the GNU Project, and campaigner for free software which
    people are at liberty to copy, redistribute and change. Winner of
    Grace Hopper Award, Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer award,
    and Takeda Award....

Software Patents - Obstacles to software development
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    Software patents are patents on software ideas. A typical computer
    program today combines many software ideas, just as a symphony
    combines many musical ideas. Inevitably most of them have to be old
    ideas. Software patents mean that every design decision brings with
    it a risk of getting sued.


Date:        Monday 25th March 2002
Time:        16:15-17:30 

Venue:       University of Cambridge, Computer Laboratory,
             JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge. CB3 0FD

Directions:  http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/UoCCL/contacts/

Poster:      http://www.fipr.org/stallman.html


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think tank addressing Internet issues.

All are welcome!

    but please RSVP <rmstalk@fipr.org> so that we can assess numbers!

Entry is free; but do bring your cheque book :)

- -- 
richard @ highwayman . com                       "Nothing seems the same
                          Still you never see the change from day to day
                                And no-one notices the customs slip away"

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