Investing in Freedom of Information Infastructure
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The patent departments of large companies are setting people free to do nothing but software patent lobbying. EICTA and others have been preparing for an unprecedented lobbying blitz in the European Parliament. We can win with about 1/10 of their effort but not less than that.

We need to pay for Brussels and Munich offices and for plane tickets and from the corners of Europe to Brussels. At least one extra activist should be there each week.

zie How you can help us stop Software Patents

The European Parliament's decision against software patents of september 2003 was thought impossible by most people. It wouldn't have happened without the groundwork in Brussels by the very people whose dedicated presense we want to make possible now.

Hoe te doneren

Apart from regular contributions by FFII members, the following major donations have facilitated our work.

When?	How much?	Who?	Purpose
2003/07/09	500 eur	Lemkesoft GmbH	Software Patent Documentation and Awareness Raising
2003/07	3000 eur	APRIL	Coordination of campaign for amendment of software patent directive
2003/07/01	3000 eur	Lars Mathiassen	Software Patent Documentation and Awareness Raising
2003/05/26	2000 eur	FSF	Pay Hartmut Pilch to work full-time for 1 month, provide support for people to talk effectively with their MEPs
2003/04/05	2000 eur	NLNet Foundation	Support for 2003/05 Conference at European Parliament
2003/03/20	15000 eur	Soros Foundation	Support for Conferences at European Parliament
2001	10000 usd	Redhat	Support for Swpat Documentation and Awareness-Raising Work
2000	5000 dem	SuSE	Support for urgent campaign to halt change of Art 52 EPC
2000	5000 dem	Infomatec	Support for urgent campaign to halt change of Art 52 EPC
2000-2002	?	Linux New Media AG, Linuxtag	Free Booth Space at exhibitions