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Report on Software Patents

Posted by michael on from the registered-and-bonded dept.

sien writes: "The Fraunhofer Institute, holder of the patent on the MP3 codec, has published a report (PDF, German) recommending that patents on software not be added in the EU. There is a ZDNet story, and also here which is a German site for protecting innovation from misuse of patents. The report is important because it will be considered in the EU wide decision on software patents."

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  1. Re:What is a "technical effect"? by Snowfox · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    It's off topic, but I can afford the karma hit:

    [...] patents only being applicable to software that has a technical effect
    Can someone tell me what this means? Is having a technical effect different from having a technical affect, for example? ;)

    In this word sense, effect is the correct word -- effect is a noun, and affect is a verb. You affect to create an outcome, and that outcome is the effect.

    Affect does have a noun form, however it relates to feelings, not causal constructs.