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RMS Blasts Sun's Open Source Patent Licensing

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the always-with-a-skeptical-eye dept.

cdlu writes "RMS takes Sun to task on its recent announcement that it is releasing 1,600 patents to the open source community. Among the major points, the license the patents are released under doesn't apply to patents, and Sun has not promised to not sue anyone using the technology within free software projects."

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  1. Good deal by Pan+T.+Hose · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Do you a little deal, we stop harping on about GNU/RMS when others on this forum stop using M$, Micro$soft or Windoze. Deal?

    Sounds like a good deal. Since I abandoned M$N in favour of AO£ and ¥ahoo, I can live without the $. (The character, I mean.) Where do I sign up?

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    Sincerely,
    Pan Tarhei Hosé, PhD.
    "Homo sum et cogito ergo odi profanum vulgus et libido."