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EU Parliament to Vote on New Patent Rules

Posted by michael on from the patent-foolishness dept.

peter_sd writes "The Register has an article discussing the implications to the open source community and small software businesses of the new software patent law to be voted on tomorrow by the EU parliament. According to the article, it is very likely the new patent law will be accepted despite its grave consequences."

2 of 252 comments (clear)

  1. If Free software is outlawed... by chill · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...only outlaws will have Free software.

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    Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
  2. Re:First Patent!!! by tds67 · · Score: 2, Funny
    int i = 0; //EU Software Patent #00000000001

    int j = 0; //EU Software Patent #00000000002

    Stay away from my letter.