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Revision as of 19:37, 15 September 2010
ESP Wiki is a publicly-editable information resource for campaigns against software patents.
It uses the same wiki system as Wikipedia and everyone is welcome (including you) to help us by editing the pages.
Contents
Wiki pages are not official ESP statements
This is a forum where community members collect information. Anyone and everyone can edit these pages.
Members of the End Software Patents (ESP) campaign are the principal contributors, and often work seven days a week to monitor quality, but they are not the only contributors, and no permission is needed to edit the pages.
Silly or incorrect statements are sometimes let stay. It's better to find proof that they're incorrect, and add that, than to immediately remove statements just because we think they're incorrect.
Stay on topic
Some pages document litigation between companies. It is useful to document which patents are used, which companies use software patents aggressively, what problems this causes for technology, for business, etc.
But, some aspects which draw a lot of media attention are off topic for ESP Wiki. For example, the media often delves into why a company sued another company - Company X is afraid that Company Y is going to bring out a new product, or maybe Company Z wants to maintain control over a file format, etc, etc. This can be useful as documentation of how software patents are used to
Document things as you work
The hope is that while activists work on anti-software-patent campaigns, they will note things on ESP Wiki. By doing this, we consolidate our work while we do it, reducing the problem of information loss when people leave campaigns.
Related pages on ESP Wiki
