Event: Richard Stallman/Richard Stallman (RMS) Speeches/10-8-2009 -Event 1
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Richard Stallman will explain how software patents obstruct software development. Software patents are patents that cover software ideas. They restrict the development of software, so that every design decision brings a risk of getting sued. Patents in other fields restrict factories, but software patents restrict every computer user. Economic research shows that they even retard progress. | Richard Stallman will explain how software patents obstruct software development. Software patents are patents that cover software ideas. They restrict the development of software, so that every design decision brings a risk of getting sued. Patents in other fields restrict factories, but software patents restrict every computer user. Economic research shows that they even retard progress. | ||
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| + | http://info541.sim.vuw.ac.nz/blogs/rms-2009-new-zealand-visit-schedule/ | ||
What | What | ||
| − | + | RMS Speech - The Danger of Software Patents | |
When | When | ||
| − | + | 2009-10-08 from 17:30 to 17:30 | |
Where | Where | ||
| − | + | Wellington, New Zealand - Victoria University of Wellington, RHLT 2, in the Rutherford House on the Pipitea Campus | |
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Wellington, New Zealand
Richard Stallman will explain how software patents obstruct software development. Software patents are patents that cover software ideas. They restrict the development of software, so that every design decision brings a risk of getting sued. Patents in other fields restrict factories, but software patents restrict every computer user. Economic research shows that they even retard progress.
http://info541.sim.vuw.ac.nz/blogs/rms-2009-new-zealand-visit-schedule/
What RMS Speech - The Danger of Software Patents When 2009-10-08 from 17:30 to 17:30 Where Wellington, New Zealand - Victoria University of Wellington, RHLT 2, in the Rutherford House on the Pipitea Campus
