By all means sign both the EFF petition and my petition. Still, EFF has never been the kind of organization that tries to cut deals inside the beltway. They've

By all means sign both the EFF petition and my petition. Still, EFF has never been the kind of organization that tries to cut deals inside the beltway. They've always been an organization that takes principled positions. Given that reputation, I think the implicit message of their campaign--that abolition is too radical even for EFF to endorse--undermines the argument for software patent abolition. I have no problem with them advocating incremental reforms, but they should also say that the ideal reform is eliminating software patents altogether.