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:iTWire: Stallman Gets It Right on Patents
iTWire: Stallman Gets It Right on Patents
Sep 23, 2006, 08 :00 UTC (6 Talkback[s]) (8009 reads)

(Other stories by Sam Varghese)

"The way of the Free Software Foundation is to insist on purity. The way of open source is to seek compromises.

"Once again these two camps have come up against each other--and the issue this time is patents. Last year, the Open Source Development Lab, which refers to itself grandiosely as the 'centre of gravity of Linux,' set in motion a project called Open Source as Prior Art; the project's aim is to 'see fewer poor quality patents...'"

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Related Stories:
CNET News: Linux Lab: GPL Clarification Needed ASAP(Sep 21, 2006)
Stallman Criticizes OSDL's Open Source as Prior Art Project(Sep 18, 2006)
ZDNet UK: Microsoft Promises Not to Sue Over Standards(Sep 13, 2006)


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"In any compromise between food and pois ...   Compromise   
damaged justice
Sep 23, 2006, 17:12:52
 
I attended a conference at the Patent Of ...   All solutions are welcome   
Steve Stites
Sep 23, 2006, 17:54:41
 
> I attended a conference at the Patent  ...   Re: All solutions are welcome   
Rufus Polson
Sep 23, 2006, 21:14:56
 
>I disagree with Richard Stallman's  ...   Re: All solutions are welcome   
blackhole
Sep 24, 2006, 11:03:46
 
"The project is not just incomplete -- i ...   Gaming the system   
Steve Stites
Sep 24, 2006, 20:53:18
 
The gaming/countergaming tactics I think ...   Re: Gaming the system   
Joe Almeida
Sep 25, 2006, 19:56:20
 
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