On Monday, March 25th, Richard Stallman will speak at Cambridge University. The title: “Software patents, obstacles to software development.” Here’s a summary:
“Software patents are patents on software ideas. A typical computer program
today combined many software ideas, just as a symphony combines many musical
ideas. Inevitably most of them have to be old ideas. Software patents mean
that every design decision brings a risk of getting sued.”
For more information, email rmstalk@fipr.org
