Maybe Software Patents Won't Kill FOSS After All 305
Roblimo writes "Lawrence Rosen, attorney for the Open Source Initiative, doesn't seem to be as worried about software patents' effects on open source development as some Slashdot readers. In this article he says, 'Don't be too paranoid about the patent problem. It's a real problem, but not a catastrophe. Any patent owner that tries to assert its patents against open source software has many hurdles to leap before the royalty checks start to arrive.'"
OMG! (Score:5, Funny)
How open source should deal with sofware patents (Score:2, Funny)
The killer patent... (Score:2, Funny)
Oh damn... I forgot about prior art... Never mind...
Re:It's not about the royalty checks (Score:1, Funny)