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Made "GNU/Linux" a link to http://www.gnu.org/gnu/the-gnu-project.html , and other small updates

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<ol>
<li><a href="#summary">Summary</a></li>
<li><a href="#harm">Harmful effects on software freedom</a>
<ol>
<li><a href="#swpat">Software patents: Enforcement through fear</a></li>
<li><a href="#models">Harm to efficient software production/distribution models</a></li>
<li><a href="#abuse">Encouragement of commercial abuse, like SCO's</a></li>
<li><a href="#indemnification">Inability to indemnify</a></li>
<li><a href="#grey-areas">Developers in grey areas: DeCSS, filesharing</a></li>
</ol></li>
<ol>
<li><a href="#swpat">Software patents: Enforcement through fear</a></li>
<li><a href="#models">Harm to efficient software production/distribution models</a></li>
<li><a href="#abuse">Encouragement of commercial abuse, like SCO's</a></li>
<li><a href="#indemnification">Inability to indemnify</a></li>
<li><a href="#grey-areas">Developers in grey areas: DeCSS, filesharing</a></li>
</ol>
</li>
<li><a href="#text">Reading the proposal text</a>
<ol>
<li><a href="#directive">The Directive &quot;2005/0127(COD)&quot;</a></li>
<li><a href="#framework-decision">The Council Framework
Decision &quot;2005/0128(CNS)&quot;</a></li>
</ol></li>
<ol>
<li><a href="#directive">The Directive &quot;2005/0127(COD)&quot;</a></li>
<li><a href="#framework-decision">The Council Framework
Decision &quot;2005/0128(CNS)&quot;</a></li>
</ol>
</li>
<li><a href="#options">What we can lobby for</a></li>
<li><a href="#todo">What needs to be done immediately</a></li>
<li><a href="#links">External links</a></li>
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Greatly increasing the risks of software
development/distribution will have a chilling effect on
producers/distributors who operate in structures that don't
include large legal defense funds. Free Software, which is
often written by individuals and by businesses whose core
business is not software, could be particularly harmed by
invalidating these business models.
include large legal defense
funds. <a href="/documents/freesoftware.html">Free
Software</a>, which is often written by individuals and by
businesses whose core business is not software, could be
particularly harmed by invalidating these business models.
</p>
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without proving anything or even showing any evidence, they have
accused IBM and others of intentional, commercial-scale
&quot;IP&quot; infringement, and have slowed the adoption rate
of Free Software such as GNU/Linux and harmed the reputation of
a handful of companies (competitors to Microsoft, one of SCO's
major funders).
of Free Software such
as <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/gnu/the-gnu-project.html">GNU/Linux</a>
and harmed the reputation of a handful of companies (competitors
to Microsoft, one of SCO's major funders).
</p>