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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. Meanwhile, LOKITORRENT has been 0WnED by cheekyboy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    loki dead

    40000000000000 users move to new site

    does the mpaa have any say inside china?

    just wait till theres are 50000 mirrors

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  2. Re:Can't we get rid of patents altogether by Synli · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Precisely. I would bet that, however true your post is, it will not be moderated as insightful nor informative (most people here are GPL zealots). You (and now me too) will be happy when our posts are not moderated as Troll. God bless those who dare to say the truth. Cheers PS - GPL is not perfect and it is capable of preventing research, development, and progress in some fields. Communism does not *always* work.

    Following my own post. I am glad I made the moderators give your post some positive points [which was actually my intention]. (Before I posted the message, your post had no positive points -- now it is at 5... ;-)

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  3. Re:Can't we get rid of patents altogether by Synli · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm afraid you lost that bet. Maybe slashdotters are less short-sighted than you think.

    The post had _no_ moderator points for 30 minutes! After I posted my message (whose sole purpose was to wake the moderators up), the message is suddenly at 5. :-)

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  4. Re:Can't we get rid of patents altogether by gnarlin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ignore this comment, it is a bookmark for myself ;-)

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