The European Patent Organisation (EPO) is continuing to grant thousands of monopolies on “computer-implemented” algorithms and business methods every year, against the letter and spirit of the written law, and is now, for the third time, pushing for European legislation that would impose this practise on reticent national courts. Patent interests in combination with inter-go By hedgiein from Konqueror > forum debatewith konquerorforumdebatesoftwarepatentsparliamentarydemocracyby 5 users
The argument against software patents - OSNews.com We today face the risk of software patents being approved in the EU because not enough parliamentary members will be showing up to vote. Due to this it is important for those of us who oppose software patents to make sure EU parliament members see the damage software patents cause, so they realize it is important to be there to vote providing the needed absolute majority. But sending out a clear message is also important for the process of patent reform in the US and other places who have fallen into the trap of introducing them. OSNews.com informs you about the latest news on a vast range of operating systems, from the well-known mainstream OSes, down to small embedded (but also very interesting technically) ones. aixamigaappleatheosbeosiirixlinuxmacosmacosxmicrosoftnewosnewsoperatingos2osnewsqnxsolarissystemunixwindows By kfvdin Public bookmarkswith todayfacerisksoftwarepatentsapprovedparliamentarymembers