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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/limit-patent-effect.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/limit-patent-effect.html index c9bc30d..a60a511 100644 --- a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/limit-patent-effect.html +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/limit-patent-effect.html @@ -1,17 +1,20 @@ <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> -<!-- Parent-Version: 1.79 --> +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.96 --> +<!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html --> +<!--#set var="TAGS" value="essays laws patents" --> +<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" --> <title>Giving the Software Field Protection from Patents - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/limit-patent-effect.translist" --> <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> +<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/ph-breadcrumb.html" --> +<!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE--> +<!--#include virtual="/server/top-addendum.html" --> +<div class="article reduced-width"> <h2>Giving the Software Field Protection from Patents</h2> -<p>by <a href="http://www.stallman.org/"><strong>Richard -Stallman</strong></a></p> - -<p><em>A version of this article was first published at -<a href="http://www.wired.com/opinion/2012/11/richard-stallman-software-patents/">Wired</a> -in November 2012.</em></p> +<address class="byline">by <a href="https://www.stallman.org/">Richard +Stallman</a></address> <p>Patents threaten every software developer, and the patent wars we have long feared have broken out. Software developers and software @@ -19,11 +22,11 @@ users—which, in our society, is most people—need software to be free of patents.</p> <p>The patents that threaten us are often called “software -patents”, but that term is misleading. Such patents are not +patents,” but that term is misleading. Such patents are not about any specific program. Rather, each patent describes some practical idea, and says that anyone carrying out the idea can be sued. So it is clearer to call them “computational idea -patents”.</p> +patents.”</p> <p>The US patent system doesn't label patents to say this one's a “software patent” and that one isn't. Software developers @@ -64,7 +67,7 @@ limit our criticism of software patents to just “patent trolls” or “bad quality” patents. The worst patent aggressor today is Apple, which isn't a “troll” by the usual definition; I don't know whether Apple's patents are “good -quality”, but the better the patent's “quality” the +quality,” but the better the patent's “quality” the more dangerous its threat.</p> <p>We need to fix the whole problem, not just part of it.</p> @@ -103,7 +106,7 @@ infringement. This approach has several advantages:</p> <ul> <li>It does not require classifying patents or patent applications as -“software” or “not software”.</li> +“software” or “not software.”</li> <li>It provides developers and users with protection from both existing and potential future computational idea patents.</li> <li>Patent lawyers cannot defeat the intended effect by writing @@ -124,13 +127,24 @@ protection for all. We could then go back to competing or cooperating… without the fear that some stranger will wipe away our work.</p> +<div class="comment" role="complementary"> <p><em>See also: <a href="/philosophy/patent-reform-is-not-enough.html"> Patent Reform Is Not Enough</a></em></p> +</div> + +<div class="infobox extra" role="complementary"> +<hr /> +<p>A version of this article was first published at +<a href="https://www.wired.com/opinion/2012/11/richard-stallman-software-patents/"> +<cite>Wired</cite></a> in November 2012.</p> +</div> +</div> + </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above --> <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" --> -<div id="footer"> +<div id="footer" role="contentinfo"> <div class="unprintable"> <p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to <a @@ -148,13 +162,13 @@ href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org"><webmasters@gnu.org></a>.</p> to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org"> <web-translators@gnu.org></a>.</p> - <p>For information on coordinating and submitting translations of + <p>For information on coordinating and contributing translations of our web pages, see <a href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations README</a>. --> Please see the <a href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations README</a> for -information on coordinating and submitting translations of this article.</p> +information on coordinating and contributing translations of this article.</p> </div> <!-- Regarding copyright, in general, standalone pages (as opposed to @@ -174,7 +188,7 @@ information on coordinating and submitting translations of this article.</p> There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. --> -<p>Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p> +<p>Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p> <p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative @@ -184,10 +198,10 @@ Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p> <p class="unprintable">Updated: <!-- timestamp start --> -$Date: 2016/11/18 06:31:39 $ +$Date: 2021/09/19 16:26:24 $ <!-- timestamp end --> </p> </div> -</div> +</div><!-- for class="inner", starts in the banner include --> </body> </html> |