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Re: EC SAYS SOFTWARE IS NOT PATENTABLE
de Nospam 06/17/2006 04:39
Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:
> The European Patent Office will be bound by proposed
> legislation that will exclude software from
> patentability, according to the EC, in a move that has
> startled opponents of software patents
At least EU is a mentally sane society !!!
Idiotic things like Amazon's "one click checkout", IBM's "caps look
indicator" or Microsoft's "script embedded in XML" can not be used there
to stifle innovation and kill competition.
Into a field like computer software which evolve extremely fast and most if
not all cool ideas are results of free talk on the internet betwen people
all over the world, the patent system is nothing else but a tool allowing
large predatory corporations to destroy smaller businesses by pattenting
any piece of junk then paying lawyers to kill competition in court.
Kudos to EC, Smart Move !!!