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EU Software Patent Directive Adopted

Posted by Hemos on from the big-bad-news dept.

sebFlyte writes "FTA: "An EU Council spokeswoman said on Monday morning that the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive had been adopted." Apparently it's due to 'institutional reasons' that they're ignoring the outcry from developers and several nation states ..."

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  1. ugh by rylin · · Score: 1, Funny

    You've GOT to be kidding me. .

    1. Re:ugh by Soruk · · Score: 2, Funny

      Maybe it's just as well I'm already learning to speak Chinese...

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  2. Down with software patents! by iolaus · · Score: 1, Funny

    I think I speak for all of Slashdot when I say: Rabble Rabble Rabble Rabble!

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  3. thats it! by hyfe · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm moving to Canada!

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  4. Re:Let me be the first to say... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...and apparently the last to say whatever you were attempting to say.

  5. Re:Extremely high suckiness coefficient by t_allardyce · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is the crappiest thing I've heard in a long while! What's next, stopping citizens from seeing official documents because it creates unnecessary expenses and only whiners ask to see them anyway? Or removing the right to vote for all citizens of the EU, because recurring elections could hamper the ability of EU politicians to make long-term plans?

    I can just see some EU and US politicians reading this and thinking "huh? is this parody, i don't get the joke"

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  6. Land shark! by rs79 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dude, that's the Jaws theme.

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    1. Re:Land shark! by RenatoRam · · Score: 3, Funny

      nah, that would be

      duun-dun (pause) duuun-dun (pause) duuun-dun (pause)

      dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun- du n-dun-dun(ad-libitum , crescendo)

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  7. stupid people... by compro01 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Apparrently it's due to 'institutional reasons' that they're ignoring the outcry from developers and several nation states..."br>


    yeah... "institutional reasons". these people belong in an institution...

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