[MPlayer-DOCS] CVS: homepage index.html,1.15,1.16

Thu Mar 10 09:56:42 CET 2005

CVS change done by Diego Biurrun CVS

Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/homepage
In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv28759

Modified Files:
	index.html 
Log Message:
Software patents in the EU are closer than ever...


Index: index.html
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/homepage/index.html,v
retrieving revision 1.15
retrieving revision 1.16
diff -u -r1.15 -r1.16

--- index.html	23 Jan 2005 22:50:52 -0000	1.15
+++ index.html	10 Mar 2005 08:56:39 -0000	1.16
@@ -1,97 +1,61 @@
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
-<html>
-<head>
-<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=design7/news.html">
-<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
-</head>
-<body>
-If you are not automatically redirected, click
-<a href="design7/news.html">this link to our news page</a>.
-</body>
-</html>
-
-<!--
-
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
+<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
 <html>
 
 <head>
-	<title>Protest against software patents</title>
+	<title>Free Software Multimedia Threatened by Software Patents</title>
 	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
 	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="design7/default.css">
 </head>
 
 <body>
 
-<h1>404 Page Not Found</h1>
-
-<p><strong>
-	This site has been closed by the European Patent Agency (EPA), for
-	numerous patent violations.
-</strong></p>
+<h1>Closed for patent infringement</h1>
 
 <p>
-	The EPA would like to thank the people of the European Union for voting
-	power to another institute which aims to dominate the common people.<br>
-	The end draws near.</p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<p><a href="http://swpat.ffii.org">Read about the grave danger of software
-	patents</a></p>
-
-<p><a href="design7/news.html">Enter MPlayer Site</a> (while you
-	still can)</p>
-
-</body>
-
-</html>
-
--->
-
-<!--
-
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
-<html>
+<strong>
+	This site has been shut down because of numerous patent violations
+	in MPlayer. The other free software multimedia players are next.
+</strong>
+</p>
 
-<head>
-	<title>Vote Against Software Patents</title>
-	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
-	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="design7/default.css">
-</head>
+<p>
+	The European commission has just passed its directive on software
+	patents, violating democratic rules and procedures to the sole
+	benefit of big non-European corporation and Ireland and to the
+	detriment of small and medium sized businesses (which comprise 99%
+	of the European software industry) and free software.
+</p>
 
-<body>
+<p>
+	The European parliament will now be taking the last stand against
+	software patents in a voting for which an absolute majority is
+	needed. Such a majority is hard to come by in a parliament with a
+	low attendance level.
+</p>
 
-<h1>EU Members: Vote Against Software Patents!</h1>
+<p>
+	But not all is lost yet as long as <strong>you</strong> decide it is
+	time to make a difference and take action. This is our last opportunity
+	to fend off software patents worldwide, there will be no second chance
+	for the foreseeable future. Contact your local EU representatives and
+	educate them why software patents are bad and why they
+	<strong>must</strong> attend that parliament session to vote against
+	them. For in-depth information and starting points to get active visit
+	<a href="http://swpat.ffii.org">software patent page of the FFII
+	(Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure)</a>.
+</p>
 
-<p><strong>
-	This site may have to be closed in the future due to potential patent
-	violations in MPlayer.
-</strong></p>
-
-<p>
-	If you care about the future of free software in general or MPlayer in
-	particular or the future of the software industry in Europe, use your
-	power and go vote on Sunday, June 13.</p>
-
-<p>Read this <a href="http://kwiki.ffii.org/?ElectAct0405En">overview of
-	European parties and their stance on software patents</a> and cast a vote
-	for a party that opposes software patents (the Greens have fought hardest
-	against software patents in the European parliament). You may also wish to
-	look up the position of individual candidates as they sometimes differ from
-	the party line.</p>
-
-<p>For in depth information about why software patents are so evil go to the
-	<a href="http://swpat.ffii.org">software patent page of the FFII (Foundation
-	for a Free Information Infrastructure)</a>.</p>
+<p>
+	Wish us luck, we will need it.
+</p>
 
 <hr>
 
-<p><a href="design7/news.html">Enter MPlayer Site while you
-	still can</a></p>
+<p>
+	<a href="design7/news.html">Enter the MPlayer homepage while it is
+	still available.</a>
+</p>
 
 </body>
 
 </html>
-
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