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(General external links: * [http://www.itnews.com.au/News/232825,stallman-crashes-european-patent-session.aspx Stallman crashes European Patent session <nowiki>[in Australia]</nowiki>], 21 Sep 201)
(General and other topics: * [http://www.luc.edu/media/lucedu/law/students/publications/llj/pdfs/45_1_stallman.pdf Patent Law Is, At Best, Not Worth Keeping], 2013, Loyola University Chicago Law Journal)
 
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==Related pages on {{SITENAME}}==
 
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* [[Shielding software from litigation]] - a legislative proposal by Stallman, an alternative to [[Excluding software from patentability|the exclusion approach]]
 
* [[Statements from developers]]
 
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===General and other topics===
 
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* [http://www.luc.edu/media/lucedu/law/students/publications/llj/pdfs/45_1_stallman.pdf Patent Law Is, At Best, Not Worth Keeping], 2013, Loyola University Chicago Law Journal
 
* [http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/45271 Nokia's patent announcement next to nothing], May 2005 (about the [[patent promises]] of [[IBM]], [[Sun]], and [[Nokia]])
 
* [http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/45271 Nokia's patent announcement next to nothing], May 2005 (about the [[patent promises]] of [[IBM]], [[Sun]], and [[Nokia]])
 
* [http://progfree.org/Newsletter/programming.freedom.5.html#viewpoint Viewpoint: Software Patents - Boom or Bane?], June 1, 1992, published in Computerworld (p.33)
 
* [http://progfree.org/Newsletter/programming.freedom.5.html#viewpoint Viewpoint: Software Patents - Boom or Bane?], June 1, 1992, published in Computerworld (p.33)
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010208084652/http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-2000-03/lw-03-rms.html 2000 Interview for by J.S. Kelly]
 
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010208084652/http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-2000-03/lw-03-rms.html 2000 Interview for by J.S. Kelly]
 
* [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/amazon-rms-tim.html Amazon Letter from RMS to Tim O'Reilly], 11 Mar 2000
 
* [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/amazon-rms-tim.html Amazon Letter from RMS to Tim O'Reilly], 11 Mar 2000
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* [http://www.archive.org/details/RMS-20050518-SoftwarePatents Richard Stallman on Software Patents 2005-05-18 (2005)], Canada
  
 
==Transcripts==
 
==Transcripts==

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Richard Stallman is a well known campaigner against software patents. He founded the Free Software Foundation in 1985 and the League for Programming Freedom in 1989.

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