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I understand your feeling of helplessness, but supporting the people that stand up and fight against these patent trolls seems like a good place to start. Sign

I understand your feeling of helplessness, but supporting the people that stand up and fight against these patent trolls seems like a good place to start. Signing the petition costs nothing, and there's a chance that it could have a real and lasting impact on the patent system. Donating to Austin Meyer's legal defence fund is much cheaper—both financially and emotionally—than having to defend against a patent troll yourself at some stage in the future.

melling 14y ago
I didn't see a link to donate. Wouldn't it be better for the FSF to create a generic fund that agressively went after these trolls? I'd give a couple hundred dollars a year.
- hagios 14y ago
  I'd donate at least a couple hundred a year if the FSF/EFF did this exactly.
  - dickbasedregex 14y ago
    Ditto.
  - neurotech1 14y ago
    EFF is involved in this https://www.eff.org/patent-busting https://www.eff.org/patent-busting Feel free to donate :)
    - hagios 14y ago
      Nifty, thanks! Emailed to see if there's a way to earmark my donation for this cause (since it'd be separate from a general donation).
- lutusp 14y ago
  > Wouldn't it be better for the FSF to create a generic fund that agressively went after these trolls? No, that only treats the symptoms. It would be much better to cure the disease -- the broken patent system.
  - melling 14y ago
    And while we wait for that to happen? In the meantime, something else needs to be done while we're waiting for Godot.
    - lutusp 14y ago
      > And while we wait for that to happen? With limited resources, we're better off investing in a wholesale overhaul of the patent system, compared to fighting one patent troll after another. The reason? After we've spent millions fighting patent trolls, we will face a new generation of trolls who have learned valuable lessons from the methods we used in the past.
- LVB 14y ago
  http://www.x-plane.com/x-world/lawsuit/ http://www.x-plane.com/x-world/lawsuit/

melling 14y ago

I didn't see a link to donate. Wouldn't it be better for the FSF to create a generic fund that agressively went after these trolls? I'd give a couple hundred dollars a year.

hagios 14y ago
I'd donate at least a couple hundred a year if the FSF/EFF did this exactly.
- dickbasedregex 14y ago
  Ditto.
- neurotech1 14y ago
  EFF is involved in this https://www.eff.org/patent-busting https://www.eff.org/patent-busting Feel free to donate :)
  - hagios 14y ago
    Nifty, thanks! Emailed to see if there's a way to earmark my donation for this cause (since it'd be separate from a general donation).
lutusp 14y ago
> Wouldn't it be better for the FSF to create a generic fund that agressively went after these trolls? No, that only treats the symptoms. It would be much better to cure the disease -- the broken patent system.
- melling 14y ago
  And while we wait for that to happen? In the meantime, something else needs to be done while we're waiting for Godot.
  - lutusp 14y ago
    > And while we wait for that to happen? With limited resources, we're better off investing in a wholesale overhaul of the patent system, compared to fighting one patent troll after another. The reason? After we've spent millions fighting patent trolls, we will face a new generation of trolls who have learned valuable lessons from the methods we used in the past.
LVB 14y ago
http://www.x-plane.com/x-world/lawsuit/ http://www.x-plane.com/x-world/lawsuit/