Re: [pgsql-www] Software Patents

> 
> OK, I googled for "Software Patents" and found this URL:
> 
> 	http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/
> 
> In English, on the first page, I see this text:
> 
> 	If that happens, you will pay dearly. Europe's software industry will
> 	fall victim to unscrupulous extortioners. A cartel of large corporations
> 	will crush smaller competitors. Consequently, we will all pay more money
> 	for less good and less secure software. You personally, your household,
> 	your company, your government, all of us.
> 	
> 	You'll know when you get the bill. When someone breaks into your
> 	computer, reads your E-mails, and steals the password of your bank
> 	account. When your computer crashes every day. When spam doesn't stop.
> 	When prices go up and companies shut down. When people lose their jobs. 

Well I think both paragraphs are ridiculous. Phrases like:

fall victim to unscrupulous extortioners.

Eliminate their credibility.

I am not suggesting we join some external movement. I am suggesting we 
create our own (in sense) to the PostgreSQL community.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake