I&#39;v flicked it on to the nz hearal so we might see it in the papers :)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 6:00 AM, Aleksey Tsalolikhin <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:atsaloli.tech@gmail.com">atsaloli.tech@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hello dear Waikato Linux Users Group,<br>
<br>
 �Just wanted to make sure you saw this massage and call for action<br>
from the Free Software Foundation.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Aleksey Tsalolikhin<br>
UNIX Sys Admin<br>
<br>
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From: Peter Brown &lt;<a href="mailto:peterb@fsf.org">peterb@fsf.org</a>&gt;<br>
Date: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:35 PM<br>
Subject: [FSF] New Zealand in urgent danger of software patents<br>
To: <a href="mailto:info-fsf@gnu.org">info-fsf@gnu.org</a><br>
<br>
<br>
The director of the End Software Patents campaign Ciaran O&#39;Riordan<br>
writes to warn of an imminent threat of software patents in New Zealand:<br>
<br>
<br>
Dear Free Software Supporters,<br>
<br>
The New Zealand government has proposed allowing unlimited software<br>
patenting. �They are accepting comments until July 2nd, but<br>
participation from the people who will be harmed seems very low.<br>
<br>
The details of how to participate can be found on <a href="http://swpat.org" target="_blank">swpat.org</a>:<br>
<a href="http://en.swpat.org/wiki/New_Zealand" target="_blank">http://en.swpat.org/wiki/New_Zealand</a><br>
<br>
Participation of the free software community is particularly important<br>
because, although SME federations and consumer rights groups are<br>
sometimes the most influential lobbies against software patents, it&#39;s<br>
often the free software community that raises awareness of the issue and<br>
gets these other groups moving. �The July 2nd deadline is very close, so<br>
work is needed now.<br>
<br>
We thus urge you to participate in the consultation, but also to raise<br>
awareness on blogs, news sites, and among email groups, and to contact<br>
related interest organisations and companies to ask them to get involved<br>
too.<br>
<br>
Some other <a href="http://swpat.org" target="_blank">swpat.org</a> pages that may be useful:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Organising_a_campaign" target="_blank">http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Organising_a_campaign</a><br>
<a href="http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Software_patents_harm_SMEs" target="_blank">http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Software_patents_harm_SMEs</a><br>
<a href="http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Studies_on_economics_and_innovation" target="_blank">http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Studies_on_economics_and_innovation</a><br>
<a href="http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Harm_to_standards" target="_blank">http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Harm_to_standards</a><br>
<br>
Ciaran O&#39;Riordan<br>
Director End Software Patents<br>
Tel: +32 487 64 17 54 email: ciaran [at] <a href="http://fsf.org" target="_blank">fsf.org</a><br>
<br>
end.<br>
<br>
--<br>
Peter T. Brown<br>
Executive Director<br>
Free Software Foundation<br>
<a href="http://www.fsf.org" target="_blank">www.fsf.org</a> <a href="http://www.gnu.org" target="_blank">www.gnu.org</a><br>
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