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Stallman Unimpressed by Nokia Patent Pledge

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-read dept.

Joe Barr writes "NewsForge is running a commentary by Richard Stallman on the recent PR blitz by Nokia concerning their promise not to enforce patent claims against the Linux kernel project. Stallman's take? "In effect, Nokia is lobbying the European Union to give Nokia and many others a new kind of weapon to shoot at software authors and users with--and telling the legislators, 'Don't worry, it's safe to let private armies carry these guns, because we promise that our gunmen won't shoot anyone in that building.'""

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  1. Its no surprise RMS is ignored outside of FOSS ... by AHumbleOpinion · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Stallman's take? "In effect, Nokia is lobbying the European Union to give Nokia and many others a new kind of weapon to shoot at software authors and users with--and telling the legislators, 'Don't worry, it's safe to let private armies carry these guns, because we promise that our gunmen won't shoot anyone in that building.'""

    It's no surprise RMS is ignored outside of portions of the FOSS community. With crackpot analogies like that he will never be taken seriously by outsiders. He gets quoted by the mainstream media for his humor value. All we have here is the reinforcement of negative stereotypes of Linux advocates. Richard, please let other people do the PR. Stick to writing the next version of the GPL and adding another meg of code to emacs. Please. ;-)

  2. Here's another headline! by ewerx604 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "Nokia not interested in Stallman's opinion"