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"False" Open source Representative Tells EU Patents OK

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-a-long-subject-line dept.

Onno writes "Bruce Perens claims in this article That a false free software/open source advocate claims to EU parlement that software Patents are ok. " This is a strange article on a lot of levels so I'm gonna avoid commentary. You definitely should read it though- it's just that odd.

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  1. Now that's odd... by davemabe · · Score: 5, Funny

    It must really be an odd article if we should actually read the article before posting a reply.

  2. Re:Ok.... by RobotRunAmok · · Score: 5, Funny

    So we know we hate this guy and he'd never be our official representative, but who *is*?

    Never mind "this guy," who's this "we" you are talking about?

  3. Bring out RMS by donscarletti · · Score: 3, Funny
    RMS is practically the father of open source (free as in speech software), maybe not the first one to practice it but definitly the first one to turn it into a whole branch of ideology.

    Rms put back-breaking effort into Open Source softwear while Linus was still in highschool. He didn't just work for broader acceptance of Open Source, he pretty-much created open-source, and created many of the open source tools that Graham Taylor is promoting making him far more credible.

    Plus, he would rant, and rave so long that the eu would have forgotton about patents long before they figure out a way to get him to shut up.

    RMS may be a jerk, but he is a great, admirable and inspiring one.

    --
    When Argumentum ad Hominem falls short, try Argumentum ad Matrem
  4. What Part Do We Understand? by SEWilco · · Score: 2, Funny

    "We" "need" "a" "representative"?

  5. Re:Software Patents by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 3, Funny
    Yes, I will count on someone else, like the standards organization, ponying up the $500,000 for my defense. The problem with this is that lots of SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises) and open source developers are injured before the case is won.

    GIFs could be replaced. Not all algorithms can. And your head is already a block of gouda :-)

    Bruce

    --
    Bruce Perens.
  6. Holy Moly! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Is it just me, or are fully half the comments on this thread from Bruce Perens himself? I'm not faulting him for it, and I agree with the thrust of his article, but he sure does put the "active" in "activist", eh?

  7. Dissent (was: Business decision) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    ...And if there's one thing slashdotters are great at, it's dissent...
    That's not true.
  8. Re:Ok.... by cscx · · Score: 1, Funny

    And if anyone should speak for the open source community, it sure as hell shouldn't be Bruce Perens... well if for no other good reason than me somehow being one of two of his Slashdot "foes." I still for the life of me can't figure out what I did... I know I didn't push his grandfather down a flight of stairs, etc... but I'm still thinking.

  9. Re:Ok.... by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 2, Funny
    OK, I have cleared the foes list. It was some comment a while ago that must have convinced me you didn't have anything to contribute. Try again.

    Bruce

    --
    Bruce Perens.
  10. We told you he was false by WhiteDragon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nasty wicked tricksy falsesoftware patentssess! We hates them.

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    Did you mount a military-grade, variable-focus MASER on an unlicensed artificial intelligence?
  11. Re:Elected role? by rifter · · Score: 2, Funny

    And since Cox actually lives in Europe, in this case he probably would be the better choice between the two.

    Has the UK joined the EU yet, though? Last I heard there was some wrangling over details...