European Software Patent Spectre
posted by Paul Hammant
European Software Patent Spectre
We (Europeans) really need a 'Get Firefox' style
button programme to
marshal efforts against software patents. Something like http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=node/view/7456
The difference is that there should be a button per country (mine would
have a union jack - british flag) on the left.
The second difference is that in the click-thru link, I should be able
to specify a region ( http://www.europarl.org.uk/uk_meps/MembersMain.htm
). In my case South-East. Thus if clicked,
SomeSiteToCollateClickThrus.com can
list the hit count to that referring URL, and consequentially map that
to the region in question. The members can
see the weight of the campaign in their region.
Nobody patent that!
The only way this can be defeated is EU parlimentary members can see
the weight of opinion against patents.
Currently there is no online way of gauging opinions.
