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"Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats."
– Howard Aiken
On this page, you will find opinion essays and commentary related to copyright, patent, and trademark law in general, as it applies to software specifically, and how the Free Software Foundation misuses the impulse to oppose copyright and patent law in an "ends justify the means" holy war against corporate proprietary software. The following links will be listed in reverse chronological order, with the most recent placed at the top of the list, for the convenience of repeat visitors. You may use our Contact Page to suggest more news items to be added to this page. Such submissions will go into a moderation queue where they will be evaluated and, if found relevant, added to the list by a real human being. I promise!
Articles:
- RMS and the FSF: one map, one flashlight, no ass in sight — As a quick follow-up to the earlier Slavery Is Freedom essay, SLF founder Ren took a moment to point out the ludicrous hypocrisy of FSF founder Richard Stallman. (SOB, 03 July 2006)
- MS: Freedom is Slavery; FSF: Slavery is Freedom — A rare comparison of the Free Software Foundation and Microsoft, in that it points out the similarities of their methods, this description of "business as usual" in the two opposed organizations doesn't aim to pull any punches. Full Disclosure: written by SLF founder Ren. (SOB, 28 June 2006)
- Thoughtcrime — In an essay that discusses the troubling problem of information "ownership" when it is contained in the human brain, Philosophy Professor Roderick Long equates copyright and patent law with a limited form of slavery. (Strike The Root, 15 September 2003)