Yet Another Idiotic Idea by Stallman. Software patents are not a menace. _Stupid_ software patents (like one-click) are a menace. Just because our patent system is broken doesn't mean patents aren't a good idea in principle.
Moreover, it you make the license even more viral than it already is (and yes, boys and girls, it is viral...Microsoft employees are generally not even allowed to touch GPL'd software because it would force all kinds of restrictions on whatever they're working on...it's so wonderfully ironic that free software people rail against shrink-wrap licenses [rightly] when the GPL is the most egregious and aggressive shrink-wrap license there is...anyway...), then companies will avoid it. There are other open source licenses out there, and they will be adopted.
When is Stallman going to get over his messiah complex?
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