FSF Amicus Curiae Brief

Courtesy Linux Today  Sun, 10/04/2009 - 14:04

End Software Patents: "Free software, specifically software distributed under the GNU GPL, is also used heavily by the government of the United States.

A 2003 report commissioned by the Department of Defense (“DOD”), entitled “Use of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S.

Department of Defense” (“DOD Report”) credits Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation directly."

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