OSDL patent project 'worse than nothing'
Analysis: A project to fight low-quality software patents in the US could make the legal terrain more difficult for open source, according to FSF founder Richard Stallman
An effort by the Open Source Development Laboratory (OSDL) to help developers defend themselves against software patents has come under fire from Free Software Foundation (FSF) founder Richard Stallman. He believes the plan could backfire.
The controversy centres around the issue of patents on software processes, which many believe could threaten the future of open source software and software innovation in general. Because software processes are abstract, critics say such patents effectively let companies monopolise ideas without which software can't be developed.
The OSDL's project, Open Source as Prior Art (OSAPA), aims to create documentation (tagging) for open source programs — which, by nature, aren't patented.
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