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Perens Dismisses Torvald's Patent Pool

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the he-should-start-a-non-profit-asap dept.

ficken writes "Open source activist Bruce Perens has dismissed as inadequate a new IP initiative backed by Linus Torvalds. The Open Source Development Labs' (OSDL) patent commons project is intended to provide patent protection to open source developers. Perens, speaking at LinuxWorld, compared the patent pool to "spitting in the wind" -because the patents it contained come from "the wrong people.""

6 of 286 comments (clear)

  1. I don't get patents by skynare · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm not a prograwyer...

    1. Re:I don't get patents by ScrewMaster · · Score: 4, Funny

      I think you mean "lawrammer"

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      The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
  2. Only the bravest of people... by rob_squared · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...submit stories that read as flamebait on slashdot.

    (since I've been modded in all sorts of directions today, this is an observation, not a troll, flamebait, or anything else negative)

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    I don't get it.
  3. Who's writing these headlines? by tsm_sf · · Score: 3, Funny

    Obviously should have read "Perens poo-poos penguin patent pool".

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    Literalism isn't a form of humor, it's you being irritating.
  4. Re:Patenting patenting... by tao · · Score: 2, Funny

    Too much prior art...

  5. Re:Stop the infighting by Kent+Recal · · Score: 3, Funny

    Gentlemen, can you please stop the Ford Mustang analogies.

    Please do realize that the issue at hand can not be compared to anything involving a car.

    Thanks.