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:Author: 		Tobias Schlitt
:Date:			Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:29:46 +0100
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Linus Torvalds and Rasmus Lerdorf call against software patents
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    Linus Torvalds and Rasmus Lerdorf call against software patents

Appeal to the EU Council by

**Linus Torvalds, Michael Widenius and Rasmus Lerdorf**

23 November 2004

From the appeal:

    ...
    We urge the governments of the EU member states, which are represented
    in the EU Council, to oppose the debateless adoption of the said proposal
    as a so-called "A item". In the interest of Europe, such a deceptive,
    dangerous and democratically illegitimate proposal must not become the
    Common Position of the member states.
    ...

Read more `here`__.

.. __: http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m/intro/app0411.html


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