Z:gnu-www-ja-danger-of-software-patents--0b1e5e-So it's my pleasure to welcome/en

So it's my pleasure to welcome you to the lecture &ldquo;The Danger of Software Patents&rdquo;. Richard Stallman has a suite of lectures that he offers, and after discussion with Brenda, I chose this topic precisely because for the first real time in New Zealand history, we have a somewhat prolonged, but important, debate about patent law reform, and many of you in the room are responsible for the debate relating to software patents. So it seemed very topical, very timely. So thank you, Richard, for making that offer.