[Gulli] [Fwd: Florian Muller candidato a Europeo dell'anno]

[Carlo ROATTA]

Rivettoro un messaggio apparso su una lista di coordinamento Linux.
Chi volesse contribuire a dare lustro ai battaglieri paladini delle
lotte contro i brevetti software, potrà votare la nomina ad europeo
dell'anno per Florian Müller e Michel Rocard, rispettivamente il
promotore della sollevazione on-line ed il parlamentare che ha guidato
la bocciatura del testo osceno presentato dalla Commissione.

Per votare, la pagina è:

http://www.ev50.com/poll/

Sì, lo so, gli sponsor in calce alla pagina possono essere anche lontani
dal nostro LUG, ma quello che importa è far emergere, nell'elezione, i
nostri riferimenti...

CR



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Florian Muller candidato a Europeo dell'anno
Date: 	Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:01:08 +0200
From: 	Fabrizio Tarizzo <fabrizio@linux.it>
To: 	soci@linux.it



Florian Müller, fondatore di NoSoftwarePatents.com e uno tra i leader
della campagna contro i brevetti sul software in Europa, è tra i
candidati al titolo di Europeo dell’anno nella categoria "Campaigner
of the Year".
Tra i candidati (nella categoria per il miglior uomo politico) anche
Michel Rocard, europarlamentare francese tra i più attivi nella
battaglia contro la direttiva.

La votazione è aperta al pubblico sul sito di "The European Voice"
(http://www.ev50.com/poll/).




ANTI-SOFTWARE PATENT CAMPAIGNER FLORIAN MUELLER NOMINATED FOR THE
"EUROPEANS OF THE YEAR" AWARDS

Brussels (22 September 2005) – Florian Mueller, the founder of the
NoSoftwarePatents.com campaign, has been nominated for the most
prestigious award in EU politics, the "EV50 Europeans of the Year".
The campaigner, who successfully opposed an EU directive on software
patents, now has the chance to become "EU Campaigner of the Year" or
even the overall "European of the Year".

The European Voice, a major EU-focused weekly, today started an
Internet poll in which Mueller runs against such celebrities as Bono
Vox (U2), Bob Geldof, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, and political
leaders including British prime minister Tony Blair and German
chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. The poll is open to the public at this
address: http://www.ev50.com/poll/

In a first reaction, Mueller said that he is "honored by this
nomination", but he was quick to share the glory: "I really owe this
to all activists and citizens who supported our cause, especially to
the FFII (Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure)". Mueller
has previously been listed among the "top 50 most influential people
in intellectual property" by Managing Intellectual Property magazine:

http://www.managingip.com/default.asp?page=9&PubID=198&SID=525600&ISS=17456&LS=EMS47649


Software patent critics are also pleased to see that Michel Rocard, the
European Parliament's rapporteur on the software patent directive, has
been nominated for the "MEP of the Year" award. On 6 July, an
overwhelming majority of MEPs voted 648-32 against the EU Council's
proposal for a "directive on the patentability of computer-implemented
inventions".
Campaigners like Mueller and the FFII were worried that the proposed
legislation would have given software patents a much stronger legal
status in Europe.

The FFII's Brussels representative, Erik Josefsson, was among the first
to congratulate: "I'm extremely proud that Florian Mueller and Michel
Rocard have been nominated because they represent countless European
citizens who are concerned over software patents. Hopefully many will
vote for the two, so that Europe's political leaders fully appreciate
the importance of our cause."

Stefan Zickgraf, the managing director of leading SME organization
CEA-PME, said: "We are very happy about Florian Mueller's nomination
because we worked very closely and successfully with him and the FFII.
The way in which small and medium-sized businesses took political
action against software patents is unprecedented in Brussels, and the
result should encourage all SMEs to play a more active political role
in the future."

CEA-PME (Confédération Européenne des Associations de Petites et
Moyennes Entreprises) is the Brussels-based umbrella organization of 22
member associations from 19 European countries, representing in total
more than 500,000 small and medium-sized enterprises.

The EV50 winners will be announced on 29 November. A gala evening at
the Palais d'Egmont in Brussels will be hosted by former European
Parliament President Pat Cox. The EV50 awards are supported by Belgian
Prime Minister.