Father Of Linux Pushes No Patent Movement

Posted by dave on Nov 30, 2004 3:34 AM
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Linus Torvalds (Linux), Michael Widenius (MySQL) and Rasmus Lerdorf (PHP) have urged the EU Council not to adopt a draft directive on software patents that they consider "deceptive, dangerous, and democratically illegitimate." They also called on the Internet community to express solidarity by placing NoSoftwarePatents.com links and banners on their websites.

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