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Surprisingly realistic suggestion from the "radical" Richard Stallman.
by growingconcern 14y ago
Surprisingly realistic suggestion from the "radical" Richard Stallman.
- Evbn 14y agoRMS has been in the business of providing realistic solutions to problematic legal environments for 30 years. Nothing to be surprised about.
- noarchy 14y agoAgreed. The GPL (in all of its various incarnations), for all of its faults, is a fantastic example of a practical, usable solution to a real problem.
- jlgreco 14y agoWriting these sorts of articles I think is where Stallman really shines. Pragmatic write-ups legal solutions; a more 'fanatic' stance would be to propose unlikely to occur changes to the system that would invalidate (otherwise render tooth-less) "software patents" in the context of hardware implementations but in this case he (correctly I think) concedes that as a problem for another day. Getting to hung up on that idea will prevent us from making headway on anything.