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One has to understand Stallman ...
Since he truly believes all IP protection is 'evil', he naturally opposes any effort to 'assist' that process to become more ethical and benign. He prefers that it be as bizarre as possible, making it even more susceptible to attack. ODSL is attempting to reform the process, a process that Stallman would prefer to see eliminated, and when a process is carefully reformed, it is much tougher to eliminate.

So I, along with Linus and others, respectfully disagree with Richard. I believe that good innovation deserves protection for a reasonable period. There are those who code for fun, and those who code to put a roof over their family and food on their table. Both deserve protection. And open source folks need to come to grips with the proprietary world and cooperate with proprietary vendors as much as possible so that the world can enjoy a wealth of free software PLUS a wealth of VALUE ADDED proprietary software coexisting on the same platforms. This is both possible and desirable, but the open source radicals and the proprietary radicals need to be marginalized first. And that WILL happen.
Posted by: George Mitchell   Posted on: 09/19/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Frightening  Ardian Daka | 09/19/06
Stallman: OSDL patent project 'worse than nothing'  Loverock Davidson | 09/19/06
What a crock!  techboy_z | 09/19/06
One has to understand Stallman ...  George Mitchell | 09/19/06
You've got extremes pulling on both ends  Boot_Agnostic | 09/19/06
Yep, there's nothing worse than Stallman  A.Typical Zork | 09/19/06
software is like sex  galileon | 09/19/06
I am torvalds, Yes IM YOUR GOD  Aussie_Troll | 12/05/06
No  Boot_Agnostic | 09/19/06
Charging for maintenance...  A.Sinic | 09/20/06
I wrote it wrong  Boot_Agnostic | 09/20/06
False  John L. Ries | 09/20/06
Is that Stallman's view  Boot_Agnostic | 09/21/06
It's both  John L. Ries | 09/21/06
What?  opensourcepro | 09/19/06
He can't attack copyright...  A.Sinic | 09/20/06
Idea-to patent software is good as to patent alphabet.Evil wins.ALWAYS (NT)  Vily Clay | 09/19/06
All patents must die [nt]  Omch'Ar | 09/19/06
As Lenin said.  Anton Philidor | 09/20/06
Implementing ideals  John L. Ries | 09/20/06
I disagree  John L. Ries | 09/20/06
Changing Patents is a JOKE  Aussie_Troll | 12/05/06
NOT flawed system  Aussie_Troll | 12/05/06

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