For my penneth worth, I saw no flame in this discussion.<div>Everyone conducting themselves impeccably.</div><div><br></div><div>:)</div><div><br></div><div>JT <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 12 April 2010 16:30, Paul Sutton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:zleap@zleap.net">zleap@zleap.net</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br> Hash: SHA1<br> <div class="im"><br> Bruce Beardall wrote:<br> > I certainly don't want to be pushing a political agenda (especially<br> > where it's not wanted) and Alan makes a perfectly reasonable point but I<br> > can't help but consider the following: For a group of Linux supporters<br> > [albeit, a specific distribution], it seems a bit odd that there isn't<br> > more discussion of this kind of subject. I'm neither making accusations<br> > nor offering challenges. Just a thought.<br> ><br> > Many thanks for your patience.<br> ><br> > Regards<br> ><br> > Bruce<br> ><br> <br> </div>I agree here, while this may be considered not ubuntu related, perhaps<br> it is, as these laws affect free software, If companies with huge<br> budgets can lobby and fund parties to get their views across and heard,<br> it leaves those groups with less money on a less level playing field.<br> <br> if we discuss these issues elsewhere they may get read by a minortiy of<br> people, if they get discussed here, then more people will read them,<br> <br> if they are to be taken off list, perhaps someone could be a liason and<br> mention such a discussion and invite people from other lists to the<br> discussion.<br> <br> Paul<br> <br> <br> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----<br> Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)<br> Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - <a href="http://enigmail.mozdev.org" target="_blank">http://enigmail.mozdev.org</a><br> <br> iEYEARECAAYFAkvDPHQACgkQaggq1k2FJq2plQCfaJ6imnCqOajAndtshpS5di5x<br> N/0An01HsMqDIjowl+kcfSW1uKbAiAjI<br> =2312<br> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----<br> <font color="#888888"><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></div>