It is far from certain that FM is "anti-patent". He was involved with the no software patents movement, but no longer appears to be. In fact, he is more in the line of believing patents are useful and inevitable now:
"Software patents are a fact of life. Their abolition isn't achievable. Since there are countless software patents covering a huge number of technologies and functionalities, FOSS must find ways to deal with patents, and in fact, it already has. In particular, it must continue to find constructive and realistic ways rather than just insist that patent holders waive all rights, which isn't going to work with all right holders." (read the link to get the full context) http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/10/foss-can-implement-patented-standards.html That blog was interpretted by pro IP people as a U-turn: http://www.iam-magazine.com/blog/Detail.aspx?g=ccec5ae7-a6e6-4efc-8018-92572e492d06 There have also been claims about his links to Microsoft (some see a tendancy to criticise others rather than MS) http://techrights.org/2010/04/11/florian-mueller-and-erika-mann/ Also Groklaw is populated by lawyers, which FM appears not to be. In general, I regard FM with caution, and I'm not alone. Stephen On Jun 10, 3:08 pm, BoD <bodlu...@gmail.com> wrote: > There seems to be a small 'war' between these two authors/sites/communities. > I find Mueller's articles well written, informative and (it seems) well > balanced. > In particular, even though he is anti-software patents (and because of > that one could think he would be 'anti oracle' in this case), he manages > to have an objective point of view when talking about Google's mistakes > and challenges. In other words he's no 'Google fan boy' and focuses on > the legal side of the case :) > > Looking at his bio I think he has credibility in these matters > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florian_M%C3%BCller). > > I've seen him harshly criticizing Groklaw and 'PJ' a few times which may > explain why these two sites don't like each other very much :) > > BoD > > On 06/09/2011 11:31 PM, JodaStephen wrote: > > > I should point out that the Florian Mueller, author of that piece, is > > getting a reputation as saying headline grabbing things rather than > > considered thoughtful things. > > > Groklaw is much more reliable on the real legal issues, and a > > recommended read if you come across a Mueller piece: > >http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20110607223038471 > > "It's hilarious to read Florian "Android is Doomed" Mueller, as I now > > call him, providing journalists with breathless hyperbole that this > > Google filing means Google will have to pay astronomical sums. That > > has the issue before the court precisely backwards. Here's a sample of > > what Mueller wrote, as quoted by several journalists:" > > > Stephen > > > On Jun 9, 8:32 am, Casper Bang<casper.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/06/oracle-wants-huge-cut-of-goog... > > >> Those who can't roll, can always become a patent troll. Oracle perhaps > >> you should start to innovate instead, you haven't replaced all > >> engineers with lawyers right? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
