Richard Stallman on software patents

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

• http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/fighting-software-patents.html
• http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/software-literary-patents.html
• http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/guardian-article.html
• http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/patent-reform-is-not-enough.html
• http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/savingeurope.html
• http://technology.guardian.co.uk/online/comment/story/0,12449,1540984,00.html
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2005/jun/23/onlinesupplement.insideit
• http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/trivial-patent.html
• Nokia's patent announcement next to nothing, May 2005

Transcripts

• http://www.ifso.ie/documents/rms-2004-05-24.html
• http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/stallman-patents.html
• http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/stallman-mec-india.html

General external links

• Richard Stallman's personal homepage
• video: The EPO is a corrupt and malicious organisation which should not exist