“Last week, Stallman published an editorial accusing Amazon
(AMZN) of threatening the freedom of e-commerce through its
one-click patent. That’s the system Amazon uses for storing
shopper’s credit card and shipping data so they can make subsequent
purchases with the click on a button.”
“Stallman insists the patent office has made a mistake and
believes Amazon’s invention is so obvious it doesn’t deserve a
patent.
“”The reason I’m concerned with this is that it affects the
freedom of everyone who wants to run a Web site or might
conceivably want to run a Web site,” he said.”
“Amazon has said it’s aware of the boycott but hasn’t
detected any impact on its sales.”
Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.
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