Simon Phipps on software patents

Simon Phipps worked at Sun (where he oversaw Java being released as free software) and is a member of the Open Source Initiative. He's against software patents.

Selected writings

(newest first)

• Patent troll bill clears House with huge majority, 5 Dec 2013 (The bill only proposes minor reforms)
• Big trolls vs. small trolls: The real battle behind patent reform, 22 Nov 2013
• 4 ways open source protects you against software patents, 8 Nov 2013