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The EFF's anti-SCO congressional letter campaignThe EFF's anti-SCO congressional letter campaignPosted Aug 29, 2003 19:37 UTC (Fri) by proski (subscriber, #104)In reply to: The EFF's anti-SCO congressional letter campaign by steven97 Parent article: The EFF's anti-SCO congressional letter campaign I agree with you. In fact, there are actually more important issues that need to be addressed by the legislature. Software patents is one of such issues. If defending against copyright allegations is hard, just think how hard it would be to defend Linux if SCO claimed that they have patents for the technology used in Linux. Unlike copyright, no code copying is required to be in violation. Just implement an idea somebody patented before you, and you are in trouble. EFF reminds me ACLU. They both seem to be rather indiscriminate in choosing their battles. A non-commercial organization supported by member contribution should be very careful to choose only the campaigns that can make the difference or at least a good point, even at risk of being called hypocrites by some critics.
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