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Story: EU prefers 'computer-aided' patents

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I think the acid test for this one is to see what the words actually say and see the response from those who have most to lose if software patents are allowed; the Free/Open Source Software Community. I agree that smaller commercial organisations would suffer under a bad directive, but the FOSS would be very badly dented indeed.

Some would argue that this is why certain companies want the directive in the first place.

Ensuring clear blue water between software and non-software inventions to prevent the former being patented and allow the later is (IMHO) a good thing(tm).

If those people in Free/Open Source-land say that the new words do this and only this, then fine. Do it. If not, then we have to get our pens out again .. and again .. and again .. and again .. and again .. and again .. and again .. and again .. and again .. and again .. and again .. and again .. and again .. and again .. and again .. and again .. and again .. and again .. and again .. and again .. and again .. and again .. and again ..

The Commission works by attrition. They just keep bringing their dross back, time and again, until the elected bodies behave themselves, get it right and vote as they should.

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