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Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation, proposed changes to General Public Licence at a public forum on Tuesday but made clear that provisions to protect users from patent litigations will remain intact.
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Free Software Foundation President Richard Stallman says Microsoft's chairman is blurring the issue of software patents.
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