The FLOSS-open source argument and Europe

[Fred A. Miller]

On 07/20/2010 08:37 PM, Michael Haney wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Fred A. Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:
>   
>> > 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
>> >
>>     
> Software patents are not legal in New Zealand and it "should" be the
> same way here in the US.  Technically, under the rules of the US
> Patent Office software cannot be patented, but get patented anyway
> because of an idiot judge's ruling in the 90's.
>
> Recently, some software patents have been revoked, and the US Supreme
> Court has left the door open for a lower court to rule them illegal.
> We'll see in the next few months.

'Sure would be nice to see them ALL go the way of dinosaurs!!

Fred

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