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82-Year-Old Coder Trumps BT's Hyperlink Patent

Posted by timothy on from the old-ways-are-best dept.

grendelkhan writes: "According to Wired News, 82 year-old programmer, Bob Bemer, claims his creation of escape invalidates British Telecomm's hyperlink patent. He has no intentions on cashing in, he just wants BT to quit suing people and prove, in his own words: 'All this new patent stuff is crazy and counterproductive.'"

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  1. Not the GPL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Troll

    It's sad. Technology develops through decades of work by many people. That's why I put my work into the public domain whenever possible.

    As should anyone who is interested in truly advancing technology in a community setting. This is contrary to the "F"SF teaching that only through the forced opening of source code can technological advancement and community be achieved.

    The GPL is the anti-community. It locks developers into a very evil paradigm, one of stealing others' ideas. It is the epitome of what is wrong with computing today. Scratch that. The GFDL is the epitome of what is wrong with computing today, but the GPL is a close second.

    Public domain, folks. Do it for your employers, or do it for everyone. The first gets you paid, the second is true giving.

    Don't fall for the "F"SF's bastardized notion of "Freedom".