Personally, I am quite interested in discussions of this type as laws affecting copyright have significant implications in the FOSS community, and I assume that there are many others on the list that are interested also. I understand your point Alan, but I don't see the value in discouraging this type of discussion here as it may be of interest to the list members.<br> <br>Tommy Pyatt<br>Ubuntu user<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 12 April 2010 13:14, Alan Lord (News) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alanslists@gmail.com">alanslists@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On 12/04/10 13:10, <a href="mailto:paula@fossbox.org.uk">paula@fossbox.org.uk</a> wrote:<br> > Yes, I know - I shouldn't rant either cos I'm an NGO and not supposed to<br> > be political ;)<br> <br> </div>I'm not sure what the "rules" are for this mailing list but it seems to<br> me this thread has left the discussion of the deb and is becoming a<br> general political rant.<br> <br> Presumably there are other lists where stuff not really to do with<br> Ubuntu in the UK should be taken?<br> <br> Cheers<br> <br> Alan<br> <br> --<br> The Open Learning Centre<br> <a href="http://www.theopenlearningcentre.com" target="_blank">http://www.theopenlearningcentre.com</a><br> <font color="#888888"><br> <br> --<br> </font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br>