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EU Ministers Went Off-Brief In Patent Vote

Posted by simoniker on from the ot-ot-ot dept.

MartinB writes "Several EU ministers reportedly went against the wishes of their nations in voting for the proposed EU Software Patent legislation in May. Among those misleading the council of ministers were representatives from Holland, Poland and Germany. The Dutch parliament is going as far as asking to change its vote, which was originally in favour of making software patentable."

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  1. i'm confused... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Since Europe doesn't have any kind of software industry (and no, twerpy clones of Windows and proprietary Unix software doesn't count) why does this matter? What next, a story on Afghanistan's policy towards stem cell research?

  2. ALL YOUR PATENTS ARE BELONG TO US ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    YOU ARE ABOUT TO BE 0WNED BY BILL GATES

    RESISTANCE IS FUTILE

    Don't make the USA look bad by having the brains and the foresight to actually reject the plague of software patents. How dare you be smarter than America?

    Besides; Bill Gates really needs your money. Surrender to the Dark Side.... Accept software patents... Sleeeeep!