Stallman on Software Patents

Posted by michael on Thursday March 28, 2002 @12:59AM from the symphony-in-perl-minor dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes "On Monday Richard Stallman gave a speech at the Cambridge University (UK) Computer Lab. Over at ZDNet UK they have a transcription of the speech - the most eloquent discussion of the subject I have yet seen. Software patents victimise developers, he says, but there are ways to get around them. The best part is his comparison of writing software to writing symphonies: 'Oh Beethoven,' they would have said in 1800 if there had been patents on music, 'you're just bitching because you've got no ideas of your own.'"

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Stallman, software, music by streetlawyer · 2002-03-28 02:03 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Please be aware when reading this transcript that Stallman is a folkie. For this reason, his views on music are intrinsically screwed and cannot be used as a supporting premise for any other argument about anything else.

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