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Patent Absurdity: How Software Patents Broke the System

  Submitted by ciaran 2010-04-19 Open Source 8 Comments

Andrew Tridgell: How to Read and Avoid a Patent

  Submitted by ciaran 2010-03-22 Legal No Comments

RMS Explains New Approaches in GPLv3 Draft 3

  Submitted by ciaran 2007-04-04 Open Source 27 Comments

The Free Software Movement and the Future of Freedom

  Submitted by ciaran 2007-01-09 Open Source 80 Comments

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