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Bruce Perens at belfoss

Posted 2 weeks, 4 days ago on March 17, 2006 by yerma News

Unfortunately I missed most of Bruce Perens speech due to being held up at work but the parts I did see were very interesting. There was a question asked about how we can help the cause of stopping software patents, the main answers he gave were:
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Speak out and explain your ideas

Find the technical editors at local magazines/newspapers and post views/thoughts/editorials and stories to them.

Contact your mp and explain the issues behind it to ensure that they are actually aware. Microsoft and other organisations will be paying people to do this so we must as well.

Get everyone running FOSS software such as firefox and Open office.org

He also raised a very interesting point that apparently Microsoft were the sponsors of the Irish EU presidency - more to follow on this.

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