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European Commission invited me to Present on the Subject of GPL Enforcement

I have the honor of presenting about my GPL enforcement efforts at the European Commission. No further details yet, I'll provide more informations ASAP.

The most interesting part is why are they interested, what is the intention of their interest, what kind of people will be listening to the presentation.

Demonstration against Software Patents at the German Ministry of Justice

Yesterday, I was attending the demonstration against software patents at the ministry of justice in Berlin.

This demonstration had to be called in on very short notice, because the European Council has yet again tried to quietly pass the legislation on software patentes (2002/0047 COM (COD)) as so-called 'B-item' on the agenda of the council (toe be more precise: the agriculture and fishing council). A B-item is one that requires no further discussion - which is absolutely wrong. The European Union has new member states that didn't participate in the previous discussion, and several member countries' parliaments have made decisions against patentability of software meanwhile...

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