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Deadline is 12 April 2001 to nominate for USPTO's Patent Public Advisory
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Bradley M. Kuhn |
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Deadline is 12 April 2001 to nominate for USPTO's Patent Public Advisory Committee |
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Sat, 7 Apr 2001 17:56:20 -0500 |
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Don Marti put out a call to nominate Richard M. Stallman to the USPTO's
Patent Public Advisory Committee on 3 April 2001. Don Marti's full essay
is available at http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/dmarti-patent.html. Here is
the quote that gives you the key points:
Only six working days remain until the deadline arrives to submit
nominations for the US Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Public
Advisory Committee. If you or someone you know has some helpful
advice for USPTO and is a US citizen willing to serve, please submit a
nomination. A letter and the person's resume is all you need to
send. It doesn't take long, and you can do it by e-mail.
Richard M. Stallman, inventor of notable software innovations
including the Emacs editor and the software distribution model
"copyleft", is our choice for the committee. Stallman has shown
reasoned opposition not only to the current trends of patenting other
people's work and trivial new developments, but also to the
patentability of mathematical algorithms and business methods. "A
serious bio" from his web site (http://stallman.org/#serious) is the
resume he offers; it summarizes his achievements.
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