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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.'""

16 of 386 comments (clear)

  1. I piss on Stallman by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    And that sick bastard enjoys it. That is all.

  2. Niglets by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's because they're a bunch of dirty niglets.

  3. o_O by PsychicX · · Score: -1, Troll

    Stallman is pissed off at somebody.

    So what the hell else is new? Stallman is always pissed off. Always.

    1. Re:o_O by bladesjester · · Score: 0, Troll

      Yes, he's always pissed off and lives in a fantasy land where everything is free.

      Can we put him out of our misery yet?

      --
      Everything I need to know I learned by killing smart people and eating their brains.
    2. Re:o_O by bladesjester · · Score: 0, Troll

      "the kernel Linux, developed by Linus Torvalds and others, which is most prominently used as the kernel of the GNU/Linux operating system. "

      I love that quote. He just can't get over his whole "I matter! Really! I do!" kick.

      --
      Everything I need to know I learned by killing smart people and eating their brains.
    3. Re:o_O by golgotha007 · · Score: 0, Troll

      I think you missed my point.

      Both the Linux kernel and the GNU tools are essential for an operating system.

      One without the other is an incomplete operating system.

  4. RMS: Another reason to switch to OS X by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Linux is severely hindered in making progress due to the influence of this communist sympathiser. He attacks all corporations who don't buy into his insane vision of software and is it any wonder SO MANY companies want nothing to do with it?

    I am SO glad Apple is around and OS X is here now. It is more stable, more secure, faster and by far more advanced than Linux is or ever will be. OS X is the future of operating systems today, and that is in no small part to the lack of "free software" influence from the likes of zealots like Richard Stallman.

  5. NEWSFLASH! RMS BITCHES ABOUT ANYTHING NON-GNU!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    OMGWTF!!!!!

  6. Stallman Stallman Stallman by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Stallman made a sandwich today. Stallman took a leak. Stallman phoned his mother. Anything else you want to report on regarding Stallman?

    Look, on one hand the Linux community idolizes it's "stars" like Linus and Stallman. On the other hand, it rails against the cult of status and elite power in the hands of the few (eg. Bill Gates).

    So which is it, Linux fans? Stop sitting on the fence and cast your lot.

  7. software patents are probably a go in the EU by maynard · · Score: -1, Troll

    So, assuming the legislation will be passed (regardless of popular will), what are the prospects for continued development? Another safe haven nation? Living within the patent system for better or worse? As much as I may dislike the outcome, I think it's almost certain this will go through. While it's good that RMS continues to fight on, I wonder what are the appropriate fallback positisions. --M

  8. this just in by Tedium+Unleased · · Score: 0, Troll

    richard simmons unimpressed by stallman's pledge to lose 50 lbs!

  9. IN FASCIST DUH-MERICA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Patents infringe on YOU!

  10. The Trivialization Of Physical Assaults by rumblin'rabbit · · Score: 1, Troll
    Often I see people equating non-physical "attacks" with actual violence, and it's complete B.S. In some universities, for example, aggressively criticizing someone's point of view is considered an actual attack on that person, creating "harm" and "pain" as real as a physical assault. They say it contributes a "hostile environment", and gives them an excuse to limit freedom of expression to what they find acceptable.

    When someone sends you a letter telling you to cease-and-desist from infinging their patent, it's annoying and maybe expensive, but at the end of the day you go home to your family.

    A bullet, on the other hand, can put your internal organs through a meat grinder.

    See the difference?

    A big problem with equating everything to physical assault is that it justifies responding to a legal or verbal attack with actual aggression since, after all, what's the difference?

  11. OT - RMS anti Freedom? by nurb432 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sounds like he's against the freedom guaranteed by the 2nd amendment of the US constitution.

    So in his mind, a freedom is ok if HE supports it.. But if he doesnt support it then its not a freedom?

    Never took the man seriously before, now i know why: Aside from his mindless rants that often border on lunacy, he's also a hyprocrit.

    --
    ---- Booth was a patriot ----
    1. Re:OT - RMS anti Freedom? by nurb432 · · Score: 0, Troll

      If he's against my freedom that is guaranteed by the 2nd amendment, then nothing, i repeat NOTHING he says has any relevance at all.

      He is just a raving lunatic.

      --
      ---- Booth was a patriot ----
  12. Frequanaut Unimpressed by Stallman Grandstanding by Frequanaut · · Score: 0, Troll


    nothing to see here, move on.