Open source pioneers break rank on the future
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| Like the software it governs, there is still time to make changes to the
| GPL.
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| However radical he might seem, Mr. Stallman has proven you don't have to
| look like a CEO to have a major impact on the way this business works. If
| he can change the system, we all can, and we all should.
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070405.TWINSIDER05/TPStory/Business
Corporate-owned media seems determined to undermine anything that threatens
the source of funding (e.g. Groklaw, FSF, GPL, Linux). This one is an
exception.
Related:
http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS9312220011.html
You are in control with free software, Internet guru says
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| Richard Stallman doesn't own an MP3 player. He doesn't own a
| mobile telephone. In fact, this techno-visionary -- a founder
| of the Free Software Foundation -- doesn't use any of the usual
| computer programs many people use.
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http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/all-stallmanmar30,0,2372169.story
Interview with Richard Stallman on GPLv3 and More, by Sean Daly
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| Q: Very well. On the Microsoft side the ink was still drying on the
| Novell deal when Mr. Ballmer implied again that GNU/Linux infringes
| Microsoft patents. Are such threats credible?
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| Richard Stallman: Well, every large program infringes lots of
| patents. Microsoft has lots of patents. Most large programs, I
| would expect, infringe some Microsoft patents. This just goes to
| show why software patents shouldn't exist.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070403114157109
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