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Story: UK government promotes open source in schools

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Posted by: Anonymous (Wednesday 27 April 2005, 10:38 PM)

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This is very encouraging news, However Can the Uk goverment take the lead and oppose software patents, and leglislation that will help bring this in to law. It seems it;'s yet another EU law being forced upon us

Software patents will damage development for everyone, apart from those who can afford to patent software,

The ASSF website has information on this

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