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:CNET News: Bill Gates and Other Communists
CNET News: Bill Gates and Other Communists
Feb 17, 2005, 01 :00 UTC (9 Talkback[s]) (10753 reads)
(Other stories by Richard Stallman)

"When CNET News.com asked Bill Gates about software patents, he shifted the subject to 'intellectual property," blurring the issue with various other laws.

"Then he said anyone who won't give blanket support to all these laws is a communist. Since I'm not a communist but I have criticized software patents, I got to thinking this might be aimed at me..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
I bet this would have had more readers i ...   Good old Stallman   
Rufus Polson
Feb 17, 2005, 04:32:43  
As a former cold warrior (Air Defense Ar ...   I am not now, nor have I ever been a member of the   
Jimmy the Geek
Feb 17, 2005, 06:46:57  
One way to change how people think is to ...   Communists   
Don Whitbeck
Feb 17, 2005, 13:09:49  
Why is being called communist offensive ...   Re: Jimmy the Geek   
Alastor
Feb 17, 2005, 15:30:39  
> Why is being called communist offensiv ...   Re: Re: Jimmy the Geek   
juzio
Feb 17, 2005, 18:25:41  
Because a bunch of totalitarian dictator ...   Re: Re: Jimmy the Geek   
Charles Hixson
Feb 17, 2005, 21:43:29  
So communist is equal to nazi? And why i ...   Re: juzio   
Alastor
Feb 17, 2005, 23:18:26  
First off, I'm an American. I was o ...   Personally I think communism is a better concept   
Gene Anthony
Feb 18, 2005, 11:22:00  
I think Gates has a point ! ...at the en ...   point   
Saffransnisse
Mar 22, 2005, 21:36:31  
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