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Let’s Limit the Effect of Software Patents, Since We Can’t Eliminate Them (Wired)Let’s Limit the Effect of Software Patents, Since We Can’t Eliminate Them (Wired)Posted Nov 6, 2012 7:36 UTC (Tue) by cjwatson (subscriber, #7322)In reply to: Let’s Limit the Effect of Software Patents, Since We Can’t Eliminate Them (Wired) by Rudd-O Parent article: Let’s Limit the Effect of Software Patents, Since We Can’t Eliminate Them (Wired)
Regardless of his reasons, working within the system amounts to a pragmatic position, and Richard has achieved a great deal of good over the course of his career with this position. I doubt he'd have managed that if he'd allowed himself to be distracted into trying to overthrow the government or whatever.
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Let’s Limit the Effect of Software Patents, Since We Can’t Eliminate Them (Wired) Posted Nov 6, 2012 22:47 UTC (Tue) by Rudd-O (subscriber, #61155) [Link]
I respectfully beg to differ.
The only achievement of Richard's that we can consider unarguable success is the GNU GPL. And that is only because he artfully created a document that uses copyright against itself. I'm sure you disagree, but I would call that *working outside the system*.
All of his other initiatives -- which essentially are the standard "petition your corruptman for less corruption" -- are more or less rid with tumbleweeds, 100% futile, and the bad laws he decries are still in effect.
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