The Software Freedom Law Center is a joint project between Eben Moglen and Dan Ravicher. Clearly pro-FOSS and anti-patent-protection. For tax day, the Center has released their letter describing the patent tax. Here is the gist:
If you run a computer using Windows, you're not just paying for the programmers who put the program together and the corporate operations that brought it to market. You're also paying a hidden tax of well over $20 that Microsoft has had to pay to other patent holders.
The letter goes-on to talk about how Linux has never been found liable for patent infringement. . .
Read the patent-tax letter and sing the song:
Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxmanShould five per cent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxmanIf you drive a car, I'll tax the street,
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat.
If you get too cold I'll tax the heat,
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.Don't ask me what I want it for
If you don't want to pay some more
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxmanNow my advice for those who die
Declare the pennies on your eyes
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
And you're working for no one but me.
