Group: End Software Patents

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This is the group page for the [http://www.endsoftpatents.org End Software Patents] [[is entity::campaign]].
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This is the group page for the [http://www.endsoftpatents.org End Software Patents] [[is entity::campaign]]. [[User:Ciaran|Ciaran O'Riordan]] is the executive director of the ESP campaign.
  
You can help by contributing to the [http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Main_Page End Software Patents wiki].
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|<div style="border: none; margin: 5px; padding: 5px; font-weight: bold; color: #000; background: #eff;">[http://campaigns.fsf.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/esp-action-alert Join the alerts mailing list]
[[User:Ciaran|Ciaran O'Riordan]] is the executive director of the ESP campaign.
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<div style="border: none; margin: 5px; padding: 5px; font-weight: bold; color: #000; background: #ffe;">[http://en.swpat.org/ Help build the wiki]
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|<div style="border: none; margin: 5px; padding: 5px; font-weight: bold; color: #000; background: #fef;">[http://endsoftwarepatents.org/ Visit the ESP homepage]
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<div style="border: none; margin: 5px; padding: 5px; font-weight: bold; color: #000; background: #fee;">[http://endsoftwarepatents.org/donate Support ESP financially]</div>
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==Overview==
 
==Overview==

Revision as of 11:19, 16 June 2009

This is the group page for the End Software Patents campaign"campaign" is not in the list (group, individual) of allowed values for the "Is entity" property.. Ciaran O'Riordan is the executive director of the ESP campaign.

Overview

End Software Patents is a campaign to abolish software patents, globally. To achieve this, we must either change the law, change the practice of patent offices, or participate in court cases to secure rulings confirming that patents on software ideas are not valid.

This is in contrast with many other anti-swpat campaigns which focus on reducing harm. These approaches can only solve minor instances of the problem - like trying to eradicate malaria by swatting mosquitoes.

For an audio presentation with transcript, see Ciaran O'Riordan (LP09).

Spread the word

Swpat-logo-small.png This user is interested in contributing to End Software Patents.

On this wiki, you can add the swpat userbox to your user page with this code: {{user swpat}}

That way, others who need your skills will know to contact you (at least in priority to contacting other users of this wiki). Adding that userbox will automatically add you to Category:Users against swpats.

Supporters