I have to start with a confession; I'm not a programmer and don't know much about computers, I just use my computer for school, work and communication to family and friends. I consider that stuff pretty important, though.
I caught wind that there was a proposal to make some common protocol language or languages patented. This is clearly a horrible terrible no-good idea for freedom of every computer user.
I don't want to have to worry about my Linux OS being unable to communicate with anyone. It seems predatory that anyone would think of turning that into a threat to me.
Thank you for listening.
Michelle Wang
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