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Suits and Patents: A Report from the GPLv3 Launch ConferenceSuits and Patents: A Report from the GPLv3 Launch ConferencePosted Jan 24, 2006 4:08 UTC (Tue) by kirkengaard (subscriber, #15022)In reply to: Suits and Patents: A Report from the GPLv3 Launch Conference by sbergman27 Parent article: Suits and Patents: A Report from the GPLv3 Launch Conference
I don't know about primary spokesman. Eben isn't an idealist, he's a lawyer. He's "our" lawyer, and he has been RMS's lawyer for 13 years, and he believes in what he's writing, but he's Melanchthon to RMS's Luther. You need someone with uncompromising vision, as well as someone who will take that vision and make it world-conformant. But if RMS dropped dead tomorrow, and Eben were tagged to run the show (not that that would happen, necessarily), he would no longer have anyone to translate.
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Suits and Patents: A Report from the GPLv3 Launch Conference Posted Jan 24, 2006 20:56 UTC (Tue) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] A lawyer who spent time as a hacker. He shares the common vision, I'd say.
Suits and Patents: A Report from the GPLv3 Launch Conference Posted Jan 26, 2006 14:18 UTC (Thu) by bcs (subscriber, #27943) [Link]
I encourage you to read or, better yet, listen to Die Gedanken Sind Frei on his web site. I think you'll find he's quite the idealist, as well as a lawyer.
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