The FLOSS-open source argument and Europe

[Fred A. Miller]

This is a bridge too far for Florian Mueller of FOSSPatents, who says 
that if RMS (and those who are inside the movement always refer to him 
by his initials) insists on no patent encumbrance whatsoever then open 
source will always be left with 20-year old technology 
<http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/07/patent-expiration-benefits-free-and.html>.

The stand taken by RMS is an ideological one. And he makes a decent 
living standing on principle. But open source has to eat. And this is 
the key difference between the two movements 
<http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/07/richard-stallmans-mono-and-dotgnu.html>.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/the-floss-open-source-argument-and-europe/6870?tag=nl.e539