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Story: Software patents campaigners honoured
Posted by: Olav Petri (Wednesday 28 September 2005, 8:24 PM)
Kudos! But it's not over yet. The sw patent lobby will (is) likely very active right now. The question is where and how it is currently working.
The European Patent Convention from 1972 excludes software from patents. However, it is apparent that stronger wording is needed to re-inforce this decision.
Software is already covered by copyright and adding patents to the mix will only cause trouble for business and end-users who *use* software.
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Story: Software patents campaigners honoured
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Kudos! But it's not over yet. The sw patent lobby... Olav Petri -
The CII directive is dead, but now the focus... Brian Portlock -
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http://wiki.ffii.org/PatexamReformEn Anonymous -
Users are affected more than developers... Anonymous
