Re: Software patents in the UK

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From: Scott Telford
Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1991 09:52

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In article <1991Aug1.120740.13859@cl.cam.ac.uk> CRJ10@uk.ac.cam.phx
(Clive Jones) writes:
>...the UK academic community. (SERC is the British Science and Engineering
>Research Council - the main funding body for UK scientific academic research.)
>Thus its opinions on software patenting are of not inconsiderable importance,
>which makes their current stance all the more worrying to those who have
>observed the impact of software patents in other parts of the world.

[worrying article from Software Echo issue 2]

This is exactly what the (as yet hypothetical?) British LPF should be
campaining against. 

What's the current situation with respect to the BLPF? Was anything set
up or organised before RMS went home? Is there anybody in charge?
Has everybody forgotten about it?

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