Day: June 19, 2014

US Supreme Court makes the right decision to nix Alice Corp. patent, but more work needed to end software patents for good

The FSF, Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC), and Open Source Initiative (OSI) had co-filed an amicus curiae brief in the case, stating their position that software on general-purpose computers is not patentable. “Today’s ruling is an important and meaningful step in the right direction, but the Court and Congress must go further,” said Zak Rogoff,…