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Bilski ruling: a victory on the path to ending software patents: by Matt Lee — published Nov 10, 2008 — last modified Jun 29, 2010 12:53 PM
As opinions form about the extent to which the Court ruling impacts the patenting of software, one thing is clear. The State Street ruling that in 1998 opened the flood gates to the patenting of business methods and software has been gutted, if not technically overturned.
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Boycott Trend Micro: by josh — published Feb 11, 2008 — last modified May 17, 2010 04:45 PM
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Boycott warning to companies considering joining MPEG LA's patent pool: by Matt Lee — published Feb 18, 2011 — last modified Feb 28, 2011 11:58 AM
MPEG LA is asking companies to prepare to attack the freely licensed WebM format and its underlying VP8 video codec from Google.
Located in Campaigns / Boycott warning to companies considering joining MPEG LA's patent pool
Brazil to host the 2nd International Conference on GPLv3: by Matt Lee — published Feb 20, 2006 — last modified Feb 20, 2006 09:59 PM
Porto Alegre, Brazil - April 21st & 22nd.
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Brussels, San Sebastian, Bilbao, Gigón (2006-02-24 to 2006-03-04): by Richard Stallman — published Mar 04, 2006 — last modified Jul 13, 2010 10:52 AM
Richard Stallman speaks at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles in Brussels, Belgium for the annual FOSDEM event. While in Europe, he travels to the IADIS conference in Spain and visits the Escuela Politecnica Superior de Ingeneiria de Gijon, Universidad de Oviedo as well.
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Call on the new French president to "Stop software patents": by Matt Lee — published May 23, 2012 — last modified May 23, 2012 05:50 PM
The next Competitiveness Council will be held on May 30th and 31st, 2012. François Hollande's government will be attending it for the first time. April, the French free software group, calls upon the president to take this opportunity to act against software patents and bring up the flaws of the current unitary patent project.
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Celebrating the FSF’s 35th anniversary: Stories from the Licensing and Compliance Lab: by Dana Morgenstein — published Jan 15, 2021 — last modified Feb 08, 2021 02:51 PM
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Change we can believe in: patents, software, hardware, standards and values: by Matt Lee — published Feb 27, 2009
by Peter Brown, Executive Director
Located in Bulletins / Bulletins from 2008 / Fall 2008
Churchill Club Panel Discussion on Software Patents: by Brett Smith — published Jan 31, 2011 — last modified Jan 31, 2011 02:50 PM — filed under: Panel Discussion
FSF operations mananger John Sullivan and license compliance engineer Brett Smith will be on a Churchill Club panel discussion to argue against software patents.
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Clearing Landmines by Peter Brown: by Matt Lee — published Dec 07, 2007 — last modified Dec 20, 2007 05:57 PM
For the past twenty-two years the Free Software Foundation has had the mission to promote, preserve, and protect the freedoms to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute modified computer software, and to defend the rights of all free software users.
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