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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. jeez by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    another first year philosophy/logic student.

    Every time one of you freshmen starts with the ad hominum/strawman stuff, it just makes me think back to freshmen year when those terms were bandied about before you realize how stupid you sound when you use them.

    1. Re:jeez by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      i nailed it though.

      It's almost always a college freshman or high school senior (usually without a girlfriend) in some sort of debate/logic class, who uses those terms.

      In the real world, no adult uses those terms.

  2. 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?

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