open...: Stop European Software Patents (Again)

25 August 2008

zoobab said...: http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-84519/slashdot:24-sept-is-world-day-against-software-patents

http://yro.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&id=1105705

pieterh writes "Veteran European anti-software campaigners have launched World Day against Software Patents on StopSoftwarePatents.org, writing: "The issue of software patents is a global one, and several governments and patent offices around the world continue to grant software & business method patents on a daily basis; they are pushing for legal codification of the practice, such as currently in New Zealand and India, and via the misappropriation of Free Trade Agreement instruments. We declare the 24 September as the World Day Against Software Patents, in commemoration of the European Parliament First Reading in 2003 with amendments stopping the harmful patenting of software, guaranteeing that software programmers and businesses can safely benefit from the fruits of their work under copyright law."; 6:47 pm
Glyn Moody said...: Thanks for the links.; 7:00 pm