Difference between revisions of "Florian Mueller on software patents"

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Florian Mueller lobbied against software patents in 2004 and 2005 in Europe during the EU software patents directive. He built the well-known campaign site NoSoftwarePatents.org (which he later handed to FFII). Mueller's anti-swpat lobbying work earned him various awards.^{[reference needed]}

After the directive was cancelled, Mueller published his account of the overall campaign in the book No Lobbyists As Such.

In 2010, Mueller returned with a blog, "FOSS Patents", discussing software patents (plus other subjects which don't concern ESP Wiki).

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-{{navbox}}'''Florian Mueller''' was a lobbyist against [[software patents]] during the final year of the [[EU software patents directive]].
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+'''Florian Mueller''' lobbied against [[software patents]] in 2004 and 2005 in Europe during the [[EU software patents directive]].  He built the well-known campaign site [http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ NoSoftwarePatents.org] (which he later handed to [[FFII]]).  Mueller's anti-swpat lobbying work earned him various awards.{{ref}}
-Mueller is the author of the book [[No Lobbyists As Such]], about the anti-swpat campaigns in the [[European Union]].
+After the directive was cancelled, Mueller published his account of the overall campaign in the book [[No Lobbyists As Such]].
+In 2010, Mueller returned with a blog, "FOSS Patents", discussing software patents (plus other subjects which don't concern {{SITENAME}}).
 ==External links==
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 ** {{lang de}} [http://web.archive.org/web/20061004193025/http://www.softwarepatente-buch.de/Via+EPLA+zu+SwPat+v1.3.pdf German version] (archive.org copy)
 * http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/ - Mueller's current blog, as of April 2010
+* http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/