"The Electronic Frontier Foundation announced a new initiative on Tuesday to seek reform of the United States patent system. But conspicuously missing from the list is the most direct and obvious way to solve the problem: exclude software from patent protection altogether."
Great campaign! Glad to see it declare victory.
I have to say, I like Nathan's writeup more than I like the actual experience of using the website. I understand where they are coming from but...
"We're not going to succeed by being philosophically better. We have to be better in the real world as well. Ignoring that in favour of our social benefits doesn't result in us winning."
I'm not 100% before 100% of these, but they're mostly pretty solid and observations.
Eloquent article! "Because of the stakes, people should increasingly be thinking of free software as a social movement. It is not only about a small number of programmers and engineers. It is about everyone who cares about the future of knowledge ecosystems."
Classic article about a classic statement by Sergio Amadeu of Brazil comparing proprietary software to drug dealing.
Interesting marketing attempt. I think I might hate it.
"The Prison Policy Initiative documents the impact of mass incarceration on individuals, communities, and the national welfare in order to empower the public to improve criminal justice policy."
"This is a boilerplate answer to the "help me get started with Linux" mail that I seem to get a lot of. You need three things to get started with Linux, and only the last one is a computer with Linux on it. So pay attention to the first two."
