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EU Says Yes to Software Patentability
posted by mpawlo on Wednesday September 24, @03:45PM
from the aouch dept.
News 361 for, 135 against, 28 abstentions.

The EU Parliament Vote on Software patentability was cast today. The outcome is a win for software patentability. Some anti-software patentability proponents claim this a victory, since the final amendments to the text makes it less clear-cut, but this should still be regarded as a move towards increased software patentability in the EU.

Follow the Slashdot discussion.

Visit The European Parliament's website.

Read my Greplaw column on why Software Patents Stink.

See also James Bessen and Robert M. Hunt's regression analysis of software patents.



See also Linus Torvalds and Alan Cox on Software Patentability.

See also Bruce Perens on why the friends are the real threat.

See also Greplaw's interview with Don Marti (on software patents).

See also Arlene McCarthy's software patents defense.

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    This WAS a vota against. (Score:1)
    by villoks on Thursday September 25, @05:23AM (#1303)
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    Sorry, you are wrong.
    This was very definate vote against software patents (perhaps even too definate, because commission will perhaps now kill the directive.)
    The analysis-process is still going on but it is already clear that practically ALL the demands of FFII were met.
    B.R.
    Ville Oksanen, Electronic Frontier Finland

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