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fixes, signatures. Thanks John Gilmore
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<!-- #BeginEditable "doctitle" -->
-<TITLE>Freedom od Speech in Software</TITLE>
+<TITLE>Freedom of Speech in Software</TITLE>
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<meta name="Author" content="Mark S. Miller">
<link rel=author rev=made href="mailto:markm@caplet.com" title="Mark S. Miller">
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
it appears in <a href="http://www.interesting-people.org/199308/0068.html">this
message</a> by John Gilmore. In <a href="http://www.toad.com/freedom.speech.software">this
message</a>, Gilmore says about this article</p>
- <blockquote>
+ <blockquote>
<p><i>Phil Salin opposed software patents on free speech grounds, claiming
a government monopoly over the use of certain ideas in software was
exactly equivalent to censorship of literary ideas. This was the first
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@
discussion of the dangers of broadly interpreted copyrights should take
place elsewhere.
<p>
- <p>3. Patents on Writings Discourage Trial and Error Perfection of Important
- Ideas.
+ <h3>3. Patents on Writings Discourage Trial and Error Perfection of Important
+ Ideas. </h3>
<p>Whenever a patent is granted on a particular expression of an idea in
software, it will have a chilling effect on everyone who is considering
writing software to solve similar problems. They must now tread gingerly
@@ -345,6 +345,49 @@
that patents should not be applied to any form of writing, including the
writing of computer software.
<p>---Phil Salin, July 14, 1991.
+ <h1>Further signatures</h1>
+ <p>Eric Drexler<br>
+ President<br>
+ Foresight Institute</p>
+ <p>Roger Gregory<br>
+ Chief Scientist <br>
+ Xanadu Operating Company</p>
+ <p>Robin Hanson<br>
+ Artificial Intelligence Researcher<br>
+ NASA Ames Research Center</p>
+ <p>Chris Hibbert<br>
+ Manager of Software Development<br>
+ Xanadu Operating Company</p>
+ <p>Richard J. Mascitti<br>
+ Manager, Hypermedia Software Development<br>
+ Autodesk, Inc.</p>
+ <p>Michael McClary<br>
+ Software Quality Control Tools<br>
+ Xanadu Operating Company</p>
+ <p>Mark S. Miller<br>
+ Co-Architect<br>
+ Xanadu Operating Company<br>
+ Co-Director<br>
+ The Agorics Project<br>
+ George Mason University</p>
+ <p>Chip Morningstar<br>
+ Vice-President of Software Development<br>
+ American Information Exchange</p>
+ <p>Ravi Pandya<br>
+ Co-Architect<br>
+ Xanadu Operating Company</p>
+ <p>Gayle Pergamit<br>
+ Manager<br>
+ American Information Exchange</p>
+ <p>Chris Peterson<br>
+ Director<br>
+ Foresight Institute</p>
+ <p>Bob Schumaker<br>
+ Macintosh Programmer<br>
+ American Information Exchange</p>
+ <p>Eric Dean Tribble<br>
+ Co-Architect<br>
+ Xanadu Operating Company</p>
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