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EU Says No To Software Patents

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the break-out-the-champagne dept.

Moggie68 writes "European parliament has . struck down the proposal for a directive that would have brought US-style software patents into EU." Here's another story on the decision.

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  1. The score by RootsLINUX · · Score: 5, Funny

    The so-called software patent directive, rejected by a 648-14 vote with 18 abstentions, would have given companies EU-wide patent protection for computerized inventions ranging from programs for complex CAT scanners to ABS car-brake systems.

    PWNED!!!

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    Hero of Allacrost, a FOSS RPG for *NIX/*BSD/OS X/Win
  2. Curses! Foiled again! by fadden · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now we Americans will have to compete against Europeans with technology instead of lawyers.

    So close! We almost had them!