I am planning to present my Masters Thesis in Person to the Select Comittie.<br><br>I have been following the review process since 2002, and a significant portion of my thesis is analysis of the Public Submissions to the Drafts.<br>
<br>If you would like to contact me off list as this is very much not an NOG topic I would be interested in hearing your thoughts. I however will represent only my own opinion as formed through research rather than that of an organization such as FSF<br>
<br><br>Kind regards<br><br>-Joel W Pauling<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/5/27 Ciaran O&#39;Riordan <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ciaran@member.fsf.org">ciaran@member.fsf.org</a>&gt;</span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Hi all,<br>
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As you hopefully know, New Zealand&#39;s patent legislation is being changed:<br>
<a href="http://theyworkforyou.co.nz/bills/patents/2009/may/05/first_reading" target="_blank">http://theyworkforyou.co.nz/bills/patents/2009/may/05/first_reading</a><br>
&quot;...The bill proposes that software should be patentable...&quot;<br>
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I&#39;m building a wiki for FSF&#39;s End Software Patents campaign, and I&#39;d like to<br>
gather info to assist anti-swpat campaigns in NZ:<br>
<a href="http://en.swpat.org/" target="_blank">http://en.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>
But, I&#39;m living in Europe, so someone recommended this group as a starting<br>
point. ��I know it&#39;s a tech list, but maybe I can find the sort of people who<br>
are concerned about tech policy. ��So, can anyone point me to websites I<br>
should read, people I should contact, or people I should inform?<br>
<br>
Thanks in advance, sorry for the OT email.<br>
--<br>
Ciar��n O&#39;Riordan, +32 487 64 17 54, <a href="http://ciaran.compsoc.com/" target="_blank">http://ciaran.compsoc.com/</a><br>
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Software patents wiki: <a href="http://en.swpat.org/" target="_blank">http://en.swpat.org/</a><br>
End Software Patents: ��<a href="http://www.EndSoftwarePatents.org/" target="_blank">http://www.EndSoftwarePatents.org/</a><br>
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Donate: <a href="http://endsoftwarepatents.org/donate" target="_blank">http://endsoftwarepatents.org/donate</a><br>
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