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The European Parliament amended the patent directive to clearly exclude software patents. See http://swpat.ffii.org/news/03/plen0923/

FSF is hiring a Senior GNU/Linux Systems Administrator and Programmer.

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US Citizens: Please sign both the Petition Against Software Patents and the Anti-DMCA Petition.

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