[pp.int.general] Patent system similar to GPL?

[Richard Stallman]

    I think it is worthwhile to have a GPL-like license for patents simply
    because software patents for now exist whether we want them to or not.
    Having a license available for those who want to use their patents as
    a force of good rather than an anti-competitive and anti-freedom
    weapon can only be a good thing.

The existence of the license can't hurt, but its chances of doing much
good are small.  Directing effort towards that could focus our
thinking in a direction that isn't fruitful.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation
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Boston MA 02110
USA
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