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+ | ===[[EU software patents directive]] | ||
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+ | * [http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2005/aug/02/comment.business Soft sell], August 2nd 2005, just after the rejection by the [[European Parliament]] | ||
+ | * [http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2005/jun/23/onlinesupplement.insideit Patent Absurdity], June 23rd 2005 | ||
+ | * [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/guardian-article.html That's fighting talk], with Nick Hill, 2003, pubished in The Guardian | ||
+ | * http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/savingeurope.html | ||
+ | * http://technology.guardian.co.uk/online/comment/story/0,12449,1540984,00.html | ||
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+ | ===General and other topics=== | ||
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+ | * [http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/45271 Nokia's patent announcement next to nothing], May 2005 | ||
+ | * [http://progfree.org/Newsletter/programming.freedom.5.html#viewpoint Viewpoint: Software Patents - Boom or Bane?], June 1, 1992, published in Computerworld (p.33) | ||
* http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/fighting-software-patents.html | * http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/fighting-software-patents.html | ||
* http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/software-literary-patents.html | * http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/software-literary-patents.html | ||
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* http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/patent-reform-is-not-enough.html | * http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/patent-reform-is-not-enough.html | ||
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* http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/trivial-patent.html | * http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/trivial-patent.html | ||
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==Transcripts== | ==Transcripts== |
Revision as of 09:07, 28 February 2010
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.
Articles
===EU software patents directive
- Soft sell, August 2nd 2005, just after the rejection by the European Parliament
- Patent Absurdity, June 23rd 2005
- That's fighting talk, with Nick Hill, 2003, pubished in The Guardian
- http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/savingeurope.html
- http://technology.guardian.co.uk/online/comment/story/0,12449,1540984,00.html
General and other topics
- Nokia's patent announcement next to nothing, May 2005
- Viewpoint: Software Patents - Boom or Bane?, June 1, 1992, published in Computerworld (p.33)
- http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/fighting-software-patents.html
- http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/software-literary-patents.html
- http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/patent-reform-is-not-enough.html
- http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/trivial-patent.html
Transcripts
- http://www.ifso.ie/documents/rms-2004-05-24.html (Stallman discusses How to avoid software patents)
- http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/stallman-patents.html
- http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/stallman-mec-india.html