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  1. "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."
  2. updated: 2012-04-18, original: 2012-04-18 to , , , , , , by mako - Archived Link
  3. Nice little gloss on the TAL take on software patenting.
    updated: 2012-06-18, original: 2011-08-01 to , , , , , , , , by mako - Archived Link
  4. "In his remarkable ruling, U.S. Circuit Judge Richard Posner stated that there was no point in holding a trial because it was apparent that neither side could show they had been harmed by the other’s patent infringement. He said he was inclined to dismiss the case with prejudice — meaning the parties can’t come back to fight over the same patents — and that he would enter a more formal opinion confirming this next week."
  5. Huh. I know women who wear bras in part so that they can HIDE their nipples!
  6. 2010-07-23 to , , , by mako - Archived Link
  7. "The Global Responsibility License (GRL) makes it easier for patent holders to make a significant contribution to aiding vulnerable populations in the poorest countries because it is a modular license, created specifically for the use of IP for development purposes."
  8. Article by Jeremy Allison about why mono is a problem. I think he's right.
  9. 2010-03-02 to , , , , by mako - Archived Link
  10. HOT SHIT. Bilksi is going to SCOTUS.
  11. Wait, isn't a patent on DRM which makes it less easy (or more expensive) for others to do a good thing?
  12. Funny. I suggested to some FSF folks that they might want to transcode an OGG file for TAL at a party on Friday. Quick work! :)
  13. 2008-11-07 to , , by mako - Archived Link
  14. 2008-11-07 to , , by mako - Archived Link
  15. Syummary: Everybody sues everybody.
  16. Fascinating.
  17. Mostly a summary of how the CAFC is out of line in its strong support for pantents: "So, it is with only slight satisfaction that I report the Supreme Court yesterday accepted another patent case. This is another instance where the CAFC went far beyond merely interpreting the patent statute in order to benefit patentees and harm the public. I am confident it will be another instance where the Supreme Court will correct the CAFC."
  18. IV response to TAL piece critical of IV. Summary: "Haters gonna hate."
  19. 2009-06-23 to , , , , , , by mako - Archived Link
  20. Dan Ravicher is named lawyer of the week. You can read an expanded version of that phrase if you pay a whole bunch of money to some law journal. I didn't. Congrats Dan!
  21. "So, in my view, the OSI should not give in to this blackmail, but should stand firm on the fundamental principle that software patents are an unmitigated harm for free software. It should reject the current proposed licence, and insist that if the MPEG Working Group wishes to benefit from open source, it should play by open source's rules." Amen.

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