Il movimento contro i brevetti software a livello europeo cerca aiuto da parte della comunita': oltre che per firmare l'appello stanno cercando aziende che intendono lamentarsi ufficialmente della probabile ratifica delle normative. Per cui se ritieni che la tua azienda venga danneggiata dalle future normative, leggi il messaggio che segue e prendi contatti con loro. In generale invito tutti a firmare la petizione segnalata qui sotto. Ciao Emanuele ----- Forwarded message from phm@xxxxxxxx ----- Dear Eurolinux Petition Supporter, Thank you for signing our Petition for a Software Patent Free Europe http://petition.eurolinux.org/ a while ago, and for allowing us to inform you about upcoming actions.[1] We now need your input again. The European Parliament is likely to ratify a Software Patent Directive, possibly with helpful amendments, in May or June. Detailed news are found at http://swpat.ffii.org/news/index.en.html The Green and Liberal Fractions of the European Parliament are calling on representatives of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) to speak at a hearing on May 8th about the Software Patent Directive Project. Please consider speaking at this hearing, if you can speak for a company. Companies from Eastern Europe (future member countries) are also (and even particularly) welcome. Contact us for details. You may also want to come to the event in Brussels on May 8th or other events, see http://swpat.ffii.org/events/2003/europarl/ Everybody at the European Parliament is speaking about small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Many lobbyists are there every day, asking for software patents on behalf of SMEs. But the SMEs themselves are not there. So if you go the the parliament directly as a person from a software company, you are likely to get some attention. You don't have time? Then ask yourself: will you have time for dealing with patent extortion and monopoly software later on? If that convinces you, here are a few things to do: (1) Endorse our Amendment Proposals by clicking http://petition.ffii.org/eubsa/en or, if you are not new to our system, by logging in at http://petition.ffii.org/ and then navigating through "Signing Appeals". (2) Now you are logged into a system which makes it easy to select and contact Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) Click ==> My MEPs ==> I would rather select an MEP myself ==> [ selection criteria ] ==> [ 1 MEP ] (3) Directly phone your MEP, express your concern about the "Software Patent Directive Project", find out who in this MEP's office is studying the matter, how they think and whom they follow, and leave a note in the "My MEP" data form. (4) Write to the person with whom you just phoned. Keep it simple, but feel free to ask for our assistance in formulating. Also, feel free to use your national language. In any case, send us a copy. (5) Make a donation for our lobbying expenses. We are spending at least 30,000 EUR on top of a lot of unpaid voluntary work, and we will not be able to pay all our bills unless you come forward with donations. The bank account for a donation is Germany Bank Code 70150000 S.W.I.F.T.: SSKM DE MM Bank Address: DE 80335 München Lotstr 1 Name of Bank: Stadtsparkasse München Account: 31112097 Account Owner: FFII e.V. Keyword: europarl It would be great if you could get started with at least one of the above items right now. Yours sincerely Mit freundlichen Gruessen Amicalement -- Hartmut Pilch, FFII & Eurolinux Alliance tel. +49-89-12789608 Protecting Innovation against Patent Inflation http://swpat.ffii.org/ 140,000 signatures against software patents http://noepatents.org/ [1] If someone abused your email address, please inform us, so that we can remove your signature from the petition. ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Per iscriversi (o disiscriversi), basta spedire un messaggio con SOGGETTO "subscribe" (o "unsubscribe") a mailto:linuxtrent-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx