<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 1/2/11, Trevor Marshall <i><trevorm@rusham.demon.co.uk></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Trevor Marshall <trevorm@rusham.demon.co.uk><br>Subject: [Sussex] Richard Stallman at University of Sussex<br>To: "LUG email list for the Sussex Counties" <sussex@mailman.lug.org.uk><br>Date: Tuesday, 1 February, 2011, 17:39<br><br><div class="plainMail">Hi all,<br><br>It's been a very long time since I've been to a SLUG moot...<br><br>Anyway, the IET have just dropped this in my inbox, and I wondered if any SLUGgers would be interested...<br><br>---------------------------------%<-----------------------------------<br>Advance notice...<br><br>* The danger of software patents<br>Richard Stallman<br><br>Richard Stallman will explain how
software patents obstruct software development. Software patents are patents that cover software ideas. They restrict the development of software, so that every design decision brings a risk of getting sued. Patents in other fields restrict factories, but software patents restrict every computer user. Economic research shows that they even retard progress.<br><br>8 March 2011<br>19.00<br><br>Chichester Lecture Theatre<br>University of Sussex<br>Falmer<br>Brighton BN1 9RH<br><br>Register for this event at <a href="http://email.ietinfo.org/c/11PsTg1vxwodQdjTGk" target="_blank">http://email.ietinfo.org/c/11PsTg1vxwodQdjTGk</a><br><br>All our Network events are open to members and non-members alike.<br>---------------------------------%<-----------------------------------<br><br>Regards,<br>--<br>Trevor Marshall<br><br>__<br>Sussex mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Sussex@mailman.lug.org.uk"
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