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Dutch Say No to Software Patent Directive

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the don't-forget-poland dept.

Rik writes "Thursday night the Dutch parliament has decided that the Dutch government should not vote for the EU Software Patent Directive at the European Council of Ministers next week. The decision of the Dutch parliament strengthens attempts of MEPs of the European Parliament to send the Software Directive back to the drawing board."

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  1. Re:Can't we get rid of patents altogether by DenDave · · Score: 5, Funny

    God bless them cheeseheads! Lets all wear wooden clogs and chant stranges incantaions in recognition of their greatness!

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  2. Re:Can't we get rid of patents altogether by iwan-nl · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cheeseheads? You are lagging behind. For quite some time now, we are widthly known to be potheads.

    All kidding aside, this is, imho, the first good decision our parliament has made in quite some time. Good to see there are still some remains of our once so liberal nation.

    By the way, why would you chant strange incantaions in recognition of our greatness? Am I missing some reference to my own folklore here?

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  3. Translated from the WebWereld article... by Arduenn · · Score: 2, Funny

    State secretary Karien van Gennip (Economic Affairs) urged not to accept the motion against software patents by using the following argument: Luxemburgh, EU chair, responsible for putting software patents on the agenda, should not be discredited or restrained. That's one hell of an argument! Oooo! Let's not upset the Luxemburgians!

  4. Netherlands == Paradise by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Questions:

    1. Do you have to worry about breaking the law by writing your own software? No.
    2. Do you have to worry about breaking the law by smoking a joint? No.
    3. Do you have to worry about breaking the law by sleeping with a girl below 18? No.

    Conclusions:

    1. Move to Netherlands.
    2. Have a peace of mind.
    3. Profit.

    1. Re:Netherlands == Paradise by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Actually, you're still a nerd so getting the girl (no matter what age) remains a problem. But then...

      4. Do you have to worry about law forbiding you to love your mare? No. :D

  5. Re:Thank the Dutch, but not their government by Namespace+Full · · Score: 2, Funny

    Please don't insult zoos this way. A zoo - unlike the Dutch parliament - contains animals with a free will.

  6. Re:Can't we get rid of patents altogether by Fruit · · Score: 4, Funny

    "bedoeld" :P

  7. Re:Can't we get rid of patents altogether by ThaReetLad · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm trying to improve my English. Please correct me on any spelling/grammar errors in this post.

    Umm... easy on the pot dude. It's playing hell with your spelling.

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  8. Re:Can't we get rid of patents altogether by FinestLittleSpace · · Score: 2, Funny

    I picked something up at a dutch pub too. Can't for the life of me get rid of the itching down there though.