Re: [pgsql-advocacy] 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