[Linux-aus] Linux Australia values statement

[Ben Sturmfels]

On 06/04/11 13:15, Russell Coker wrote:

> Also I think that some statement regarding patents might be useful.  It's not
> something that I would normally suggest for an organisation such as LA, but
> given the direction that you are taking it seems to fit.

I wasn't going to open the patents can of worms today, but... As a 
coordinator of the End Software Patents Australia campaign, we'd 
certainly welcome a statement along the lines of:

"We believe that software patents cause net harm to our members and to 
society. We therefore support removing software from patentable subject 
matter."

More on patents here:
http://endsoftpatents.org/australia

Ben