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Story: Software patent directive rejected
Posted by: Olav Petri (Wednesday 6 July 2005, 4:02 PM)
Good news for SMEs in general. Great news for European software firms.
Will Berlusconi and co. really accept defeat and abide by the European Patent Convention from the 1970's or will they try yet again to snake it through in some other form, perhaps piggy backed to some lesser known bill.
Most importantly this smooths the way for increased support for open file formats within Europe.
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OHHH what a day its been, I didn't have to get up... Samuel, UK
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Excellent and hope restoring news! Thanks to all t... Arthur B.
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