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]]. [[User:Ciaran|Ciaran O'Riordan]] is the executive director of the ESP campaign.
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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