From: rms@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Richard Stallman)
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 94 15:35:30 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Comic relief from patents
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Lots of patents are so absurd they would be funny, if they weren't so
dangerous.  Being sued for patent infringement isn't funny.

If you think there may be a problem with the system of software
patents, I hope you will read the League for Programming Freedom
position papers.  You can find them on ftp.uu.net in /doc/lpf.  The
principal position papers are look-and-feel.text and patents.text.

If you decide you agree with the LPF position, please join.  Joining
is easy and doesn't take much of your time.  You can find a membership
form in the file lpf.join.