:Computerworld: Moving on With Patents and Open-Source Software
Computerworld: Moving on With Patents and Open-Source Software Sep 8, 2005, 01 :00 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (4553 reads) (Other stories by Stormy Peters)
"I'm starting to wonder if we in the open-source community need a grass-roots effort to address patent and license issues. For the moment, let's just call it 'usethesystem.org.' Its purpose will be to help our open-source community put aside a resistance to patents and some of the misperceptions that are preventing the community from defending itself with a strong patent portfolio. We have the opportunity to thrive by embracing patents and highly promising means to do so, if we accept them as a fundamental part of our system..."
