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Denouncing vs. Advocating: In Defense of the Occasional Denouncement
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| Today, there are still a few proprietary
| programs that quickly rose to ranks of
| âmust install on my GNU/Linux systemâ for
| all but the hardest-core Free Software
| advocates. The key examples are Adobe Flash
| and Skype. Indeed, much to my chagrin,
| nearly all of my colleagues at SFLC insist
| on using Adobe Flash, and nearly every Free
| Software developer I meet at conferences
| uses it too. And, despite excellent VoIP
| technology available as Free Software,
| Skype has sadly become widely used in our
| community as well.
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http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2009/10/11/denouncing-v-advocating.html
http://identi.ca/notice/11827134
(Alexandre Oliva)
Recent:
SFLC files Bilski brief: Software should not be patentable and don't forget the 1st Amendment
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| The Software Freedom Law Center has now filed its brief in Bilski.
| You can read it online here, as well as download it as a PDF or as
| Postscript. It raises three major points: 1) software is just
| algorithms for computers in human readable terms, and algorithms
| are not patentable; 2) excluding software from patentable subject
| matter encourages innovation in software; and 3) the First
| Amendment prohibits permitting the patenting of abstract ideas. I
| think you'll find that last point the most interesting.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091002213301495
SFLC Seeks Patent Attorney dedicated to Software Freedom
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| The Software Freedom Law Center, a New York based not-for-profit legal
| services organization that provides legal representation and other
| law-related services to protect and advance Free and Open Source Software
| (FOSS), seeks a registered patent attorney passionate about defending
| software freedom.
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http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2009/mar/04/patent-attorney-wanted-software-freedom/
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