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Story: Software patent directive adopted
Posted by: Jamie (Tuesday 21 June 2005, 8:41 AM)
I hope this isn't adopted, because this not only means that us Linux users and developers are going to go underground, but it means that costs will rise, computer companies will shut down, people will be made redundant, and we'll all be plagued with spam and hackers. And what are some of these patents going to be over? Scrollbar arrows and cursors. Apart from that, who patents a WYSIWYG web editor, Microsoft, Macromedia or IBM? The answer - the one with the most money. This is a set back for Europe.
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Story: Software patent directive adopted
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I do hope this is an error, and wishful thinking f... Patrick Sinz -
Any hope we might have had for tech innovatio... NJ -
This is ill news indeed...
And to think I adm... Pablo Santos
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Watch yourself Microsoft! You have just unleashed... ricardo
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With one hand they fine Microsoft 0.5 billion poun... Steve J
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I have just listend to the Danish "Økonomimin... Michael Reib
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A mistake? Not just developers, any computer-usin... Olav Petri
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Completly shamefull, an open attack on democracy.... Ricardo Botelho de Sousa
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Not just the fury of opensource, the fury of the f... Anonymous
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sad day. need a demonstration, our contempt and be... Anonymous
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OSS development is now going to be spearheaded in... Bill Franklin
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€C=U$A=$hit => Software patents will be adopted Anonymous
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Software patents are long overdue. The reason the... Martin Ryan
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Software development is an iterative process... Anonymous
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Mr. Ryan.
By the same logic; creating a book... Gerard ter Beke
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... but their work is fully protected by the... Geert Bevin
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The sheer ignorance of using US patent protec... Marcus Widerberg
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Mr Ryan...Its the fact that this ruling allow... Yeah
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Any proponent of software patenting under the... Jezter~
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I hope this isn't adopted, because this... Jamie -
Outrage!!
Mr Martin Ryan, before claiming the... CD
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Let's not get overexcited - all this means is that... James Cross
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We all know that big business and government are r... Anonymous
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This is a disaster.
Not only software patents... Ernesto Alvarez
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Money beats democracy, hands down. Sad. Marek Baczynski
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I think I'll quit. Maybe I'll retrain as lumberjac... Anonymous
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Can anybody explain to me how it is possible that,... ignace saenen
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Ah yes, I can see it now...coding innovation going... Anonymous
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Mr Ryan - You are a marketing director.
How long i... Anonymous
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Very good decision.This will help the genuine... Anonymous
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To clueless Anonymous Programmer.
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Mr Anonymous Programmer: "unabashed plag... Chris Rankin
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I have to say that I really wonder... Anonymous
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Marketing directors live off the grabbing of ideas... Anonymous
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Isn't it that the EU commission has chosen Mi... Gaia
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Large organisations usually end up losing their cu... A Harding
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I'm dismayed at the cretinous behaviour of th... Anonymous
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What the hell are they thinkng? Anonymous
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I really, really wonder how can someone be so... The Mitch
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Bad things happen when good people do nothing... Anonymous
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When something so obviously undemocratic and corru... Mark
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English? Then write to your MEP(s) at writetothem.... Rob
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Why not music patents?
Stop the music. I've just p... Arthur B.
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This is sad and bet you money that big software co... Josh
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Until yesterday I was inclined to vote in favour... Jan Mulder
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Hey.. at least you'll get a chance to vote on... Z
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