The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC), a non-profit organization that provides pro-bono legal services to protect and advance open-source software, filed a brief today with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Microsoft's appeal of a software patent decision.
Update: the FSF has just launched a new blog. It warns about the hidden dangers in Windows Vista.
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today launched BadVista.org, a campaign with a twofold mission of exposing the harms inflicted on computer users by the new Microsoft Windows Vista and promoting free software alternatives that respect users' security and privacy rights.
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today launched BadVista.org, a campaign with a twofold mission of exposing the harms inflicted on computer users by the new Microsoft Windows Vista and promoting free software alternatives that respect users' security and privacy rights.
The absolutely amazingly funny thing about this amicus briefing, which is on Microsoft's behalf in this particular case, is also a direct assault on ALL software patents.
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Groklaw coverage: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20061215131844340
Eben Moglen Executive Director of SFLC: "The Supreme Court has consistently ruled that algorithms and mathematics cannot be patented. Since software is expressed as mathematical algorithms, it should not be patentable."
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If Cloudflare wants to use its vast surveillance network (which is what it does as a CDN) to foist paywalls and maybe something worse (like DRM on top), then Cloudflare should be more widely rejected as a company
They not only waste people's money and time. They pollute the literature with falsehoods. They commit perjury. [...] Brett Wilson LLP sent the Judge nearly 1,000 pages of material (mostly mine, copied without proper permission) shortly before a short Hearing, which lasted less than an hour
Imagine trying to sell someone a house (proper home) while insisting that it'll need to be demolished 5 or 10 years later, then rebuilt again from scratch on the same vacant lot
Comments
Shane Coyle
2006-12-17 02:57:42
The absolutely amazingly funny thing about this amicus briefing, which is on Microsoft's behalf in this particular case, is also a direct assault on ALL software patents. --- Groklaw coverage: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20061215131844340
Eben Moglen Executive Director of SFLC: "The Supreme Court has consistently ruled that algorithms and mathematics cannot be patented. Since software is expressed as mathematical algorithms, it should not be patentable." ---