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From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
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Subject: Re: EFF Waging War on BS Internet Patents
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It is good to get rid of software patents that are trivial
and invalid, but this can at best solve a part of the problem
of software patents.  The other software patents, which are
nontrivial, are equally harmful and equally unjust.

See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/patent-reform-is-not-enough.html.

