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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I win by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-28 01:02 · Score: -1, Offtopic

You lose
1. Re:I win by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-28 01:07 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  You're just jealous you didn't fp. If you beg nicely I'll give it to you, though.
Re:Public key cryptography patents, not "PGP paten by jimbis · 2002-03-28 02:32 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Thank god that the Bonzo Dog DooDah band live on in .sigs. sweet odour of... giraffe.