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Linus, Monty, Rasmus: No Software Patents

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stick-to-your-guns dept.

Jan Wildeboer writes "The three most famous European authors of open-source software have issued an appeal against software patents on NoSoftwarePatents.com. Linus Torvalds (Linux), Michael "Monty" Widenius (MySQL) and Rasmus Lerdorf (PHP) urge the EU Council, which will convene later in the week, not to adopt a draft directive on software patents that they consider "deceptive, dangerous, and democratically illegitimate". They also call on the Internet community to express solidarity by placing NoSoftwarePatents.com links and banners on many Web sites."

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  1. Re:Software Patents Sometimes Good by Nursie · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    LOL, good trolling, but a bit too formulaic. Better luck next time.