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Open Source and Free Software

randomtagger

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Reply to phantom power (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2012, 03:51 PM

Dec 2012

I actually think that Richard Stallman has given the Open Source community a bad name. He is extremely pushy and refuses to accept the existence of proprietary software of any kind. There is a place for patents and there is a place for unrestricted innovation.

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... randomtagger Dec 2012 #1

Could be I suppose. What are some examples of good SW patents? phantom power Dec 2012 #2

I just heard an interview with Richard Stallman mythology Dec 2012 #3