Stallman on patents in ZD Net UK

[PILCH Hartmut <phm@a2e.de>]

Long and thourough article on ZD Net:

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-870390.html

Stallman: Patents victimize developers

Explains quite well how software patents achieve the opposite of
stimulating innovation and disclosure.

The discussion on ZDNet is full of people with the usual prejudices, a
good place for collecting FAQ questions.  It seems again that the
mind-matter distinction is difficult for the people hanging around at
zdnet.  Many believe that applied mathematics is different from
mathematics, that there is a difference between concrete and abstract
algorithms etc or that the universe consists of algorithms (pantheism,
co-design cosmology).  Stallman already does quite a good job of
explaining the difference in vivid terms, but apparently the barriers of
understanding are greater.

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