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Petition the UK Government to protect GPL software

rek2's picture
Submitted by rek2 on Wed, 2007-07-18 16:08.

Petition the UK Government to protect GPL software - I have created a petition at the Number 10 website essentially proposing that GPL v3 software in the UK be granted immunity from patent infringement - therefore requiring an alteration of the Copyright, Designs and Patents act.
The petition will run until 10 November 2007 and can be signed by persons who hold British citizenships, or by persons residing in the UK.
Look at the petition
Here are a few paragraphs of justification:
Today's Free Software community produces a vast array of programs for the greater good of humanity as a whole. Some of this Free Software assists us with humble office tasks or with pleasurable pastimes such as watching films, sharing photos or learning new skills. Other Free Software programs are used in research against disease and climate change, in network security and monitoring and in powering around 60% of all websites currently on the Internet.
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