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Software patent directive adopted
Talkback €C=U$A=$hit => Software patents will be adopted
[March 7, 2005, 12:20]
Software patent directive adopted
Talkback I'm dismayed at the cretinous behaviour of the European commission and council in allowing the software patent directive to be adopted in it's current form. Where next for the opposition to the software patent directive?
[March 7, 2005, 23:21]
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[November 28, 2008, 0:23]
Software patent directive adopted
Talkback 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...
[June 21, 2005, 8:41]
Software patent directive adopted
News The European Council adopted the software patent directive on Monday, despite requests from Denmark, Poland and Portugal to reject the directive. An EU Council spokeswoman said on Monday morning that the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive...
[March 7, 2005, 9:45]
Software patent directive adopted
Talkback Any hope we might have had for tech innovation has now gone. It is a sad day.
[March 7, 2005, 10:27]
Software patent directive adopted
Talkback Very good decision.This will help the genuine, hardworking programmers and software companies who have been in the forefront of all innovations till date to clearly and proudly stand out from the crowd of unruly loud mouthed copycats.
[March 8, 2005, 17:54]
Software patent directive adopted
Talkback I really, really wonder how can someone be so ignorant as to say that patents aim at helping innovation. Come on, please, cite ONE thing that doesn't rely on past ideas, existing practices, previous work.
[March 7, 2005, 22:12]
Software patent directive adopted
Talkback Software patents are long overdue. The reason the US has such a healthy software industry is in part due to the protection that patents afford companies who invest in software production. Creating software is a labour intensive (and therefore...
[March 7, 2005, 12:21]
Software patent directive adopted
Talkback When something so obviously undemocratic and corrupt as this happens it weakens and demeans Europe. It makes me feel ill to think that the vested interests of a handful of obscenely wealthy businessmen have so easily been allowed to effectively...
[March 7, 2005, 22:33]
Software patent directive adopted
Talkback Software development is an iterative process with new developments being derived from previous ones. Allowing software processes to be patented means only big business will be able to develop software in the future.
[March 7, 2005, 12:30]
Software patent directive adopted
Talkback English? Then write to your MEP(s) at writetothem.com; see if you can drum up some political support - I know it seems like a lost cause but everything's worth a fight.
[March 7, 2005, 22:52]
Software patent directive adopted
Talkback I have to say that I really wonder what's happening with the EC, and that's more than a 'sad' piece of news for me. For me, it's simply unpossible that such a threat would come to Europe. I would do anything legal to fight against it.
[March 13, 2005, 18:10]
Software patent directive adopted
Talkback Bad things happen when good people do nothing. Problem with this issue is that the average Joe Blow not working in the industry will not comprehend what implications this really has. Imagine a plumber not being able to use a clockwise turn with his...
[March 7, 2005, 23:22]
Software patent directive adopted
Talkback Mr. Ryan. By the same logic; creating a book or writing a symphony is labour intensive too. Would you agree to have those patented ? Software is protected by copyright. And that is more then enough protection.
[March 7, 2005, 12:33]
Software patent directive adopted
Talkback To clueless Anonymous Programmer. This will not help the genuine hardworking programmers because they don't have 50K lying around to aquire a software patent and they certainly don't have 500K lying around to keep the laywers of their back.
[March 8, 2005, 20:39]
Software patent directive adopted
Talkback .but their work is fully protected by the copyright law. Patents don't protect their work, they protect and reserve ideas. Please, tell me one application that you use that has only one idea. If ideas likes one-click shopping, hyperlinks...
[March 7, 2005, 12:34]
Software patent directive adopted
Talkback The sheer ignorance of using US patent protection and the word "healthy" in the same sentence is repulsive. Seriously, I dont think anyone in the software industry with any insight would think this, which is why "DB Consulting" must be a lawyer firm.
[March 7, 2005, 12:37]
Software patent directive adopted
Talkback Can anybody explain to me how it is possible that, after being rejected 2 times by 2 different institutions and procedures, this thing is STILL being forced upon us? It`s sad enough that the EU does not respect the public opinion, but now it shows...
[March 7, 2005, 14:17]
