Never forget this evidence : The European Patent Office finances itself by fees from the patents which it grants

You need to know some details about calamitous and aberrant software patents:

• You can read some pages on FFII web site in particular these ones :
  • Stop Software Patents petition
  • Petition demands effective ban of software patents in Europe
  • FFII press releases
  • FFII planet
  • National Chapters
  • A short Introduction
  • Why software patents are trivial
  • A bunch of key Campaigns
  • The FFII newsletter
  • The FFII web shop
  • How to help
  • Join the FFII today

• You can subscribe to some (at least two or three) mailing lists dedicated to software patents issues
  • https://lists.ffii.org/mailman/listinfo
  • http://lists.ffii.org/pipermail/news/
  • http://lists.ffii.org/pipermail/news/ (News list is public)

• How to Get in Touch
  • http://aktiv.ffii.org/
  • http://lists.ffii.org/mailman/listinfo/bxl
  • http://wiki.ffii.org/IrcEn
  • http://www.ffii.org/National_chapters

• You can browse dedicated FFII sites such as :
  • ACTA
  • Data Retention Directive is NO Solution
  • European Software Market Association
  • Campaign Site for Ethical Patents
  • European Patent Conference
  • American Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure
  • ODFworks
  • Say NO to Microsoft Office broken standard
  • Kayak battle in Strasbourg & "FFII Kayak Award"
  • News for the Digital Majority
  • The Digital Standards Organisation
  • Economic Majority
  • No Software Patents
  • End Software Patents
  • End Software Patents is a wikidot also

• You can use Google Alerts to be aware about software patents trends.

• But never forget this evidence :

The European Patent Office finances itself with fees from the patents which it grants

• If you want to learn more, become a member of FFII is certainly a very good idea member application

• We hope you enjoy visiting this site and you join soon our active community of nosoftwarepatents enthusiasts where you can share tips and ideas.

Compatibility is achieved when products can work together
Interoperability is achieved when one knows why and how products can work together
- InterOp Working Group AFUL 2007