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"False" Open source Representative Tells EU Patents OK
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.
It would have helped a lot, I think, if people like Bruce Perens had worked as part of the Free Software movement instead of confusing the issues with all the talk about Open Source. Not only that, the FSF has a clearly articulated and prominent (i.e. linked from their front web page) stand against software patents. Perhaps Bruce could work with OSI to get a similarly obvious kind of thing over at opensource.org. In fact, I can't find anything about patents at all on the OSI site. So it's easy to see why this European Open Source guy would be confused.
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I guess Bruce hasn't been in the news enough lately, he had to brew up a tempest in a teapot just so he could see his name on Slashdot again. Why do we pander to his narcissism?
lookout bullow. after all of the last gasper dinosaur softwar gangster litigatory strong arming, software/information will STILL be free, as in available.
folks don't mind paying (a fair price) for things that help them. that's been our experience.
trying to hold the consumer hostage will never work.
lookout bullow. the Godless payper liesense hostage ransom stock markup fraud scammage, is dissolving into coolapps.
consult with yOUR creator regarding matters of the heart/mind/wallet. that's the spirit.
we'd never pay anything to know about/use va lairIE's patentdead PostBlock(tm) device, or the rest of the SourceForgerIE's(tm) corepirate payper chase.
Who is Bruce Parens? I have never heard of him before, and this isn't a story carried from a major news source. Unless and until this story can be independantly verified, I'm taking this story with a grain of salt.
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Ultimately, it's the OSS community's fault. If they incorporate patented software and algorithms into their own software, then they are at fault for the consequences.
You're basically saying, "Yea, I stole the car. But since I didn't know it was against the law, and since it was 10 years ago, I shouldn't be held responsible for it. Plus, I don't agree with the law, thus it shouldn't be obeyed."
The Free Software Foundation is the Roman Catholic Church, and Richard Stallman is the Pope!
The article should have said "false prophets" because "Open Source Software" (and it's various denominations) is a religion with its zealots and believers, preaching (aka advocacy) its moral message (aka licenses) on others. The theological connection is unmistakeable, e.g., "The Ten Commandments for C" and "The Cathedral and the Bazaar".
please stand up?