Richard Stallman "The Danger of Software Patents"

Richard Stallman will explain how software patents obstruct software development. Software patents are patents that cover software ideas. They restrict the development of software, so that every design decision brings a risk of getting sued. Patents in other fields restrict factories, but software patents restrict every computer user. Economic research shows that they even retard progress.

Location Paris, France - Ecole Supérieure de Management à Paris - Groupe ESA (ESIAE) - 9 rue Vesale - 75005 Paris, Franc

Source Free Software Foundation

Open standards section on fsfeurope.org

There's now an open standards project section on the fsfeurope.org website. Comments welcome there too (that is, unless you're going to say the formatting of the software patents leaflet is horrible . -- Ciar&#E1n O'Riordan, Support free software: Join FSFE's Fellowship.

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