FFII, NoSWPats Win CNet Award for Outstanding Contribution to SW Development
Seth Johnson <[email protected]> Wed, 28 Sep 2005 08:17:04 -0400
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Please send congratulations to FFII and Nosoftwarepatents.com for their glorious work keeping software patents illegal in Europe! Seth > http://www.cnetnetworks.co.uk/awards/2005_winners.html#contri_software Outstanding Contribution to Software Development Winner: NoSoftwarePatents.com & The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) NoSoftwarePatents.com and the FFII joined forces last year to campaign against the European software patent directive, which many feared would open the doors to an increasingly litigious marketplace in which small businesses would struggle to survive. In July this year, the European Parliament unexpectedly rejected the directive, a victory which can be attributed to the tireless work of this alliance.