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Stallman Critical of OSDL Patent Project
PatPending writes to mention a News.com article about Richard Stallman's objections to the OSDL patent project. He argues that the project may actually be 'worse than nothing', as it will undermine certain legal tactics. From the article: "'Thus, our main chance of invalidating a patent in court is to find prior art that the Patent Office has not studied,' Stallman wrote. Second, patent applicants could use the prior art uncovered by the OSDL to write patent claims that simply avoid the technologies used in the tagged software. 'The Patent Office is eager to help patent applicants do this,' Stallman wrote. Finally, he wrote, a 'laborious half measure' such as the Open Source as Prior Art project could divert attention from the real problem: that software is patentable in the first place."
Like he predicted that he would be able to talk to the french president?
Face it RMS is a big blowhard. The best work he has done when he was programming and keeping his mouth shut. While I am glad some people like him exist to keep these movements running and going on a single path. But RMS doesn't deserve some of this devotion and religious zeal that some people give to him. He is wrong just as many times as anyone one else is. Just because he doesn't shower doesn't mean that he is clean.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
What do you expect? He's just a little neo-marxist, dictator wannabe.